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Evolution of metal hyperaccumulation required cis-regulatory changes and triplication of HMA4

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  • Marc Hanikenne

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Present addresses: Plant Cell Biology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium (M.H.); Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University of Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany (A.N.); BIOQUANT Center, Heidelberg Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany (I.N.T., M.J.H., U.K.).)

  • Ina N. Talke

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Present addresses: Plant Cell Biology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium (M.H.); Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University of Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany (A.N.); BIOQUANT Center, Heidelberg Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany (I.N.T., M.J.H., U.K.).)

  • Michael J. Haydon

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Present addresses: Plant Cell Biology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium (M.H.); Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University of Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany (A.N.); BIOQUANT Center, Heidelberg Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany (I.N.T., M.J.H., U.K.).)

  • Christa Lanz

    (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology)

  • Andrea Nolte

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Present addresses: Plant Cell Biology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium (M.H.); Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University of Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany (A.N.); BIOQUANT Center, Heidelberg Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany (I.N.T., M.J.H., U.K.).)

  • Patrick Motte

    (Plant Cell Biology
    Center for Assistance in Technology of Microscopy, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium)

  • Juergen Kroymann

    (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology)

  • Detlef Weigel

    (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology)

  • Ute Krämer

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Present addresses: Plant Cell Biology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium (M.H.); Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University of Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany (A.N.); BIOQUANT Center, Heidelberg Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany (I.N.T., M.J.H., U.K.).)

Abstract

Heavy-metal resistance: Plants grow their metal Strains of the model plant Arabidopsis vary in their ability to thrive in heavy-metal environments, presumably due to adaptations throughout evolution. Hanikenne et al. demonstrate that the strain A. halleri has accumulated multiple copies of the gene HMA4 and changes to the regulatory elements for these genes enable A. halleri to survive in extreme conditions. Their results should be useful in bioremediation for metal-contaminated soils.

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  • Marc Hanikenne & Ina N. Talke & Michael J. Haydon & Christa Lanz & Andrea Nolte & Patrick Motte & Juergen Kroymann & Detlef Weigel & Ute Krämer, 2008. "Evolution of metal hyperaccumulation required cis-regulatory changes and triplication of HMA4," Nature, Nature, vol. 453(7193), pages 391-395, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:453:y:2008:i:7193:d:10.1038_nature06877
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06877
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    1. Otto, Moritz & Wiehe, Thomas, 2023. "The structured coalescent in the context of gene copy number variation," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 154(C), pages 67-78.
    2. Ricardo F. H. Giehl & Paulina Flis & Jörg Fuchs & Yiqun Gao & David E. Salt & Nicolaus Wirén, 2023. "Cell type-specific mapping of ion distribution in Arabidopsis thaliana roots," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.

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