Message boards : Rosetta@home Science : An idea for future research - proteins that bind toxic minerals
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       robertmilesSend message Joined: 16 Jun 08 Posts: 1251 Credit: 14,421,737 RAC: 0  | 
        
         
 At least one plant absorbs large amounts of a toxic mineral.  You can identify proteins binding toxic minerals, in order to make more plants that can help remove toxic minerals. Transport processes allow arsenic hyperaccumulation https://asknature.org/strategy/transport-processes-allow-arsenic-hyperaccumulation/ Arsenic hyperaccumulation in the Chinese brake fern (Pteris vittata) deters grasshopper (Schistocerca americana) herbivory. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17587384 Growth and arsenic uptake by Chinese brake fern inoculated with an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0098847209000586  | 
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