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The Heavy Metal-Binding Peptides of Plants

John C. Steffens

Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology · 1990 · 521 citations · 32 references

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Crop loss due to soil salinization is an increasing threat to agriculture worldwide. This review provides an overview of cellular and physiological mechanisms in plant responses to salt. We place cellular responses in a time- and tissue-dependent context ...Read More

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Glutathione metabolism and possible biological roles in higher plants

Heinz Rennenberg · Phytochemistry · 1980 · 390 citations

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Algae sequester heavy metals via synthesis of phytochelatin complexes

Walter Gekeler, Erwin Grill, Ernst‐Ludwig Winnacker et al. · Archives of Microbiology · 1988 · 354 citations

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Survey of the Plant Kingdom for the Ability to Bind Heavy Metals through Phytochelatins

Walter Gekeler, Erwin Grill, Ernst‐Ludwig Winnacker et al. · Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C · 1989 · 208 citations · Full text

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Accumulation of non-protein metal-binding polypeptides (gamma-glutamyl-cysteinyl)n-glycine in selected cadmium-resistant tomato cells.

John C. Steffens, Donald F. Hunt, Bill G. Williams · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1986 · 206 citations · Full text

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Phytochelatin Synthesis and Glutathione Levels in Response to Heavy Metals in Tomato Cells

Henrik Vibe Scheller, Bin Huang, Evelyn M. Hatch et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 1987 · 200 citations · Full text

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