Editorial for Special Issue “Heavy Metals Accumulation, Toxicity, and Detoxification in Plants” †
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Abbreviations
QTLs | Quantitative trait loci |
sHSP | small heat shock protein |
GST | glutathione s-transferase |
HMA | heavy metal ATPase |
ABC | ATP-binding cassette |
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Authors | Title | Heavy Metals | Type |
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Małkowski et al. [7] | Hormesis in Plants: The Role of Oxidative Stress, Auxins and Photosynthesis in Corn Treated with Cd or Pb | Cadmium Lead | Original Research |
Hu et al. [8] | Full-Length Transcriptome Assembly of Italian Ryegrass Root Integrated with RNA-Seq to Identify Genes in Response to Plant Cadmium Stress | Cadmium | Original Research |
Sun et al. [9] | Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of the Molecular Mechanism of the Hairy Roots of Brassica campestris L. in Response to Cadmium Stress | Cadmium | Original Research |
Zúñiga et al. [10] | Isolation and Characterization of Copper- and Zinc-Binding Metallothioneins from the Marine Alga Ulva compressa (Chlorophyta) | Copper, Zinc | Original Research |
Cui et al. [11] | OsMSR3, a Small Heat Shock Protein, Confers Enhanced Tolerance to Copper Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana | Copper | Original Research |
Aprile et al. [12] | Combined Effect of Cadmium and Lead on Durum Wheat | Cadmium, Lead | Original Research |
Shafiq et al. [13] | Lead, Cadmium and Zinc Phytotoxicity Alter DNA Methylation Levels to Confer Heavy Metal Tolerance in Wheat | Cadmium, Lead, Zinc | Original Research |
Celis-Plá et al. [14] | MAPK Pathway under Chronic Copper Excess in Green Macroalgae (Chlorophyta): Influence on Metal Exclusion/Extrusion Mechanisms and Photosynthesis | Copper | Original Research |
Rodríguez-Rojas et al. [15] | MAPK Pathway under Chronic Copper Excess in Green Macroalgae (Chlorophyta): Involvement in the Regulation of Detoxification Mechanisms | Copper | Original Research |
Małecka et al. [16] | Insight into the Phytoremediation Capability of Brassica juncea (v. Malopolska): Metal Accumulation and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity | Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Original Research |
Luo et al. [17] | Selenium Modulates the Level of Auxin to Alleviate the Toxicity of Cadmium in Tobacco | Cadmium | Original Research |
Wang et al. [18] | Ectopic Expression of Poplar ABC Transporter PtoABCG36 Confers Cd Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana | Cadmium | Original Research |
Shu et al. [19] | Comparative Transcriptomic Studies on a Cadmium Hyperaccumulator Viola baoshanensis and Its Non-Tolerant Counterpart V. inconspicua | Cadmium | Original Research |
He et al. [20] | Exogenous Glycinebetaine Reduces Cadmium Uptake and Mitigates Cadmium Toxicity in Two Tobacco Genotypes Differing in Cadmium Tolerance | Cadmium | Original Research |
Han et al. [21] | Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Genes That Are Differentially Expressed in Cadmium Stress Tolerance | Cadmium | Original Research |
Li et al. [4] | Advances in the Mechanisms of Plant Tolerance to Manganese Toxicity | Manganese | Review |
Huybrechts et al. [5] | Cadmium and Plant Development: An Agony from Seed to Seed | Cadmium | Review |
Chen et al. [6] | Advances in the Uptake and Transport Mechanisms and QTLs Mapping of Cadmium in Rice | Cadmium | Review |
Dal Corso et al. [3] | Heavy Metal Pollutions: State of the Art and Innovation in Phytoremediation | All | Review |
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Aprile, A.; De Bellis, L. Editorial for Special Issue “Heavy Metals Accumulation, Toxicity, and Detoxification in Plants”. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 4103. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21114103
Aprile A, De Bellis L. Editorial for Special Issue “Heavy Metals Accumulation, Toxicity, and Detoxification in Plants”. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020; 21(11):4103. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21114103
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