Transcriptome Profiling and Physiological Studies Reveal a Major Role for Aromatic Amino Acids in Mercury Stress Tolerance in Rice Seedlings

• Yun-An Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yun-An Chen, Wen-Chang Chi

  Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

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• Wen-Chang Chi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yun-An Chen, Wen-Chang Chi

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

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• Ngoc Nam Trinh,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

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• Li-Yao Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

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• Ying-Chih Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

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• Kai-Teng Cheng,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

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• Tsai-Lien Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

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• Chung-Yi Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

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• Hao-Jen Huang

  * E-mail: haojen@mail.ncku.edu.tw

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

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