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Science 16 July 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5426, pp. 369 - 370
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5426.369
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PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY: FOOD AND FEED
Engineering Plants to Cope With Metals

Anne Simon Moffat

Metal-resistance genes and enzymes, newly identified in plants and other organisms, could be engineered into crops to help them flourish on metal-rich soils. They could also be introduced into other plants, turning them into a green cleanup crew for heavy metal contamination.

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Plant Physiology 124, 991-1006
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