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Nickel hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi goesingense: A scientific travelogue

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During the past 6 years, my research group has been trying to unravel the molecular genetic basis of nickel hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi. Our long-term goal is to use the genes we identify to genetically engineer plants ideally suited for phytoremediation (Salt et al., 1998), This investigation has taken us on a journey with many twists, turns, dead ends, and through many types of terrains in the plant physiology landscape. In this short essay, I would like to retrace for you this journey, providing a glimpse of what we feel is now appearing as the essential components of how certain plants hyperaccumulate Ni.

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  1. Chemistry Department, Northern Arizona University, 86011, Flagstaff, AZ

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Salt, D.E. Nickel hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi goesingense: A scientific travelogue. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant 37, 326–329 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-001-0058-2

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