Phytochelatins as biomarkers for heavy metal stress in maize (Zea mays L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): combined effects of copper and cadmium

Phytochelatins, the heavy-metal-binding peptides of plants, are synthesized from glutathione by a specific γ-glutamylcysteine dipeptidyl transpeptidase (phytochelatin synthase)

Erwin Grill, Susanne Löffler, Ernst‐L. Winnacker et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1989 · 908 citations · Full text

Engineering, Glycobiology, Molecular Biology +17

Phytochelatins, a class of heavy-metal-binding peptides from plants, are functionally analogous to metallothioneins

Erwin Grill, Ernst‐L. Winnacker, Meinhart H. Zenk · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1987 · 800 citations · Full text

Biosynthesis, Phytotoxicity, Biochemistry +15

The Heavy Metal-Binding Peptides of Plants

John C. Steffens · Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology · 1990 · 521 citations

Engineering, Botany, Peptide Engineering +19

A Single Extraction Procedure of Soil for Evaluation of Uptake of Some Heavy Metals by Plants

I. Novozámský, Th.M. Lexmond, V. J. G. Houba · International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry · 1993 · 386 citations · Full text

Engineering, Metal Contamination, Mineral Processing +20

Cadmium Uptake Kinetics in Intact Soybean Plants

D.A. Cataldo, T. Garland, R. E. Wildung · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 1983 · 331 citations · Full text

Transport Kinetics, Agricultural Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry +13