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SUBMITTER: Grotz N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC22785 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grotz N N Fox T T Connolly E E Park W W Guerinot M L ML Eide D D
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19980601 12
Millions of people worldwide suffer from nutritional imbalances of essential metals like zinc. These same metals, along with pollutants like cadmium and lead, contaminate soils at many sites around the world. In addition to posing a threat to human health, these metals can poison plants, livestock, and wildlife. Deciphering how metals are absorbed, transported, and incorporated as protein cofactors may help solve both of these problems. For example, edible plants could be engineered to serve as ...[more]