ReviewCurrent opinion in biotechnology2009
Genetic engineering to enhance mercury phytoremediation.
Review in Current opinion in biotechnology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 137 citations in OpenAlex.
- From bioadsorption to biotransformation: a hypothesis for mercury bioremediation using genetically modified microalgae.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Current Assessment and Future Perspectives on Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Comprehensive heavy metal remediation mechanisms with insights into CRISPR-Cas9 and biochar innovations.Biodegradation · 2025Review
- Mitigating toxic metals contamination in foods: Bridging knowledge gaps for addressing food safety.Trends in food science & technology · 2024Article
- A Green Approach Used for Heavy Metals 'Phytoremediation' Via Invasive Plant Species to Mitigate Environmental Pollution: A Review.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Demethylation-The Other Side of the Mercury Methylation Coin: A Critical Review.ACS environmental Au · 2022Review
- Is Genetic Engineering a Route to Enhance Microalgae-Mediated Bioremediation of Heavy Metal-Containing Effluents?Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Mechanisms underlying mercury detoxification in soil-plant systems after selenium application: a review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Review
- Ectopic expression of a bacterial mercury transporter MerC in root epidermis for efficient mercury accumulation in shoots of Arabidopsis plants.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Phytoextraction of heavy metals from contaminated soil, water and atmosphere using ornamental plants: mechanisms and efficiency improvement strategies.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Article
- Recent strategies of increasing metal tolerance and phytoremediation potential using genetic transformation of plants.Plant biotechnology reports · 2018Review
- Potential Biotechnological Strategies for the Cleanup of Heavy Metals and Metalloids.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Review
- In situ remediation technologies for mercury-contaminated soil.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2015Review
- Plastid genomics in horticultural species: importance and applications for plant population genetics, evolution, and biotechnology.Frontiers in plant science · 2015Review
- Expression of γ-tocopherol methyltransferase in chloroplasts results in massive proliferation of the inner envelope membrane and decreases susceptibility to salt and metal-induced oxidative stresses by reducing reactive oxygen species.Plant biotechnology journal · 2014Article
- Pollution due to hazardous glass waste.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2014Review
- Increase methylmercury accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana expressing bacterial broad-spectrum mercury transporter MerE.AMB Express · 2013Article
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- Metallothionein expression in chloroplasts enhances mercury accumulation and phytoremediation capability.Plant biotechnology journal · 2011Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Most phytoremediation studies utilize merA or merB genes to modify plants via the nuclear or chloroplast genome, expressing organomercurial lyase and/or mercuric ion reductase in the cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum or within plastids. Several plant species including Arabidopsis, tobacco, poplar, rice, Eastern cottonwood, peanut, salt marsh grass and Chlorella have been transformed with these genes. Transgenic plants grew exceedingly well in soil contaminated with organic (approximately 400 microM PMA) or inorganic mercury (approximately 500 microM HgCl(2)), accumulating Hg in roots surpassing the concentration in soil (approximately 2000 microg/g). However, none of these plants were tested in the field to demonstrate real potential of this approach. Availability of metal transporters, translocators, chelators and the ability to express membrane proteins could further enhance mercury phytoremediation capabilities.
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