Phytochelatins and their roles in heavy metal detoxification

Plant Physiol. 2000 Jul;123(3):825-32. doi: 10.1104/pp.123.3.825.
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Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aminoacyltransferases / genetics
  • Aminoacyltransferases / metabolism
  • Biotransformation
  • Cadmium / metabolism
  • Cadmium / toxicity
  • Glutathione
  • Ligands
  • Metalloproteins / biosynthesis
  • Metalloproteins / metabolism*
  • Metallothionein / biosynthesis
  • Metallothionein / metabolism
  • Metals, Heavy / metabolism
  • Metals, Heavy / toxicity*
  • Phytochelatins
  • Plant Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism*
  • Plants / metabolism*
  • Sulfides / metabolism
  • Vacuoles / metabolism

Substances

  • Ligands
  • Metalloproteins
  • Metals, Heavy
  • Plant Proteins
  • Sulfides
  • Cadmium
  • Metallothionein
  • Phytochelatins
  • Aminoacyltransferases
  • glutathione gamma-glutamylcysteinyltransferase
  • Glutathione