Aquaglyceroporins: Ancient channels for metalloids Article

Bhattacharjee, H, Mukhopadhyay, R, Thiyagarajan, S et al. (2008). Aquaglyceroporins: Ancient channels for metalloids . 7(9), 10.1186/jbiol91

cited authors

  • Bhattacharjee, H; Mukhopadhyay, R; Thiyagarajan, S; Rosen, BP

authors

abstract

  • The identification of aquaglyceroporins as uptake channels for arsenic and antimony shows how these toxic elements can enter the food chain, and suggests that food plants could be genetically modified to exclude arsenic while still accumulating boron and silicon. © 2008 BioMed Central Ltd.

publication date

  • December 1, 2008

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volume

  • 7

issue

  • 9