Open AccessThe WKRY6 Transcription Factor Is a Key Player in a Multifaceted Defense against Arsenate
Author(s) -
Nancy R. Hofmann
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.113.250811
Subject(s) - arsenate , biology , arsenic , phosphate , metalloid , transcription factor , key (lock) , genetics , biochemistry , ecology , gene , metal , chemistry , organic chemistry
Arsenic (As) is a highly toxic, nonessential metalloid that may have played a large role in the evolution of life ([Oremland et al., 2009][1]). Arsenate [As(V)] is taken up and moved through the plant by phosphate (Pi) transporters (reviewed in [Mendoza-Cozatl et al., 2011][2]). Previously, it was
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