Overexpression of ZmIRT1 and ZmZIP3 Enhances Iron and Zinc Accumulation in Transgenic Arabidopsis

Suzhen Li; Xiaojin Zhou; Hongbo Li; Yuanfeng Liu; Liying Zhu; Jinjie Guo; Xiaoqing Liu; Yunliu Fan; Jingtang Chen; Rumei Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136647

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Overexpression of ZmIRT1 and ZmZIP3 Enhances Iron and Zinc Accumulation in Transgenic Arabidopsis

Suzhen Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Suzhen Li, Xiaojin Zhou

Affiliations Department of Agronomy, Agricultural University of Hebei/Hebei Sub-center of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Baoding, China, Department of Crop Genomics & Genetic Improvement, Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xiaojin Zhou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Suzhen Li, Xiaojin Zhou

Affiliation Department of Crop Genomics & Genetic Improvement, Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Hongbo Li,

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Agricultural University of Hebei/Hebei Sub-center of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Baoding, China
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Yuanfeng Liu,

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Agricultural University of Hebei/Hebei Sub-center of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Baoding, China
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Liying Zhu,

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Agricultural University of Hebei/Hebei Sub-center of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Baoding, China
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Jinjie Guo,

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Agricultural University of Hebei/Hebei Sub-center of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Baoding, China
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Xiaoqing Liu,

Affiliation Department of Crop Genomics & Genetic Improvement, Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Yunliu Fan,

Affiliation Department of Crop Genomics & Genetic Improvement, Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Jingtang Chen ,

* E-mail: chenjingtang@126.com (JTC); chenrumei@caas.cn (RMC)

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Agricultural University of Hebei/Hebei Sub-center of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Baoding, China
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Rumei Chen

* E-mail: chenjingtang@126.com (JTC); chenrumei@caas.cn (RMC)

Affiliation Department of Crop Genomics & Genetic Improvement, Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Overexpression of ZmIRT1 and ZmZIP3 Enhances Iron and Zinc Accumulation in Transgenic Arabidopsis

Suzhen Li,
Xiaojin Zhou,
Hongbo Li,
Yuanfeng Liu,
Liying Zhu,
Jinjie Guo,
Xiaoqing Liu,
Yunliu Fan,
Jingtang Chen,
Rumei Chen

Published: August 28, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136647

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