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Iron Biofortification of Staple Crops: Lessons and Challenges in Plant Genetics by Connorton, James M, Balk, Janneke

“…Plants are the ultimate source of iron in our diet, either directly as staple crops and vegetables or indirectly via animal fodder. Increasing the iron…”
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Iron homeostasis in plants - a brief overview by Connorton, James M, Balk, Janneke, Rodríguez-Celma, Jorge

“…Iron plays a crucial role in biochemistry and is an essential micronutrient for plants and humans alike. Although plentiful in the Earth's crust it is not…”
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Wheat Vacuolar Iron Transporter TaVIT2 Transports Fe and Mn and Is Effective for Biofortification by Connorton, James M., Jones, Eleanor R., Rodríguez-Ramiro, Ildefonso, Fairweather-Tait, Susan, Uauy, Cristobal, Balk, Janneke

“…Increasing the intrinsic nutritional quality of crops, known as biofortification, is viewed as a sustainable approach to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies…”
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Arabidopsis BRUTUS-LIKE E3 ligases negatively regulate iron uptake by targeting transcription factor FIT for recycling by Rodríguez-Celma, Jorge, Connorton, James M., Kruse, Inga, Green, Robert T., Franceschetti, Marina, Chen, Yi-Tze, Cui, Yan, Ling, Hong-Qing, Yeh, Kuo-Chen, Balk, Janneke

“…Organisms need to balance sufficient uptake of iron (Fe) with possible toxicity. In plant roots, a regulon of uptake genes is transcriptionally activated under…”
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Comparative analysis of CAX2-like cation transporters indicates functional and regulatory diversity by Edmond, Clare, Shigaki, Toshiro, Ewert, Sophie, Nelson, Matthew D, Connorton, James M, Chalova, Vesela, Noordally, Zeenat, Pittman, Jon K

“…Internal compartmentalization of metals is an important metal tolerance mechanism in many organisms. In plants and fungi, sequestration into the vacuole is a…”
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Knockout of Multiple Arabidopsis Cation/H+ Exchangers Suggests Isoform-Specific Roles in Metal Stress Response, Germination and Seed Mineral Nutrition by Connorton, James M, Webster, Rachel E, Cheng, Ninghui, Pittman, Jon K, Baxter, Ivan

“…Cation/H + exchangers encoded by CAX genes play an important role in the vacuolar accumulation of metals including Ca 2+ and Mn 2+ . Arabidopsis thaliana CAX1…”
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Functional Studies of Split Arabidopsis Ca2+/H+ Exchangers by Zhao, Jian, Connorton, James M., Guo, YingQing, Li, Xiangkai, Shigaki, Toshiro, Hirschi, Kendal D., Pittman, Jon K.

“…In plants, high capacity tonoplast cation/H+ antiport is mediated in part by a family of cation exchanger (CAX) transporters. Functional association between…”
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Subcellular dynamics studies of iron reveal how tissue‐specific distribution patterns are established in developing wheat grains by Sheraz, Sadia, Wan, Yongfang, Venter, Eudri, Verma, Shailender K., Xiong, Qing, Waites, Joshua, Connorton, James M., Shewry, Peter R., Moore, Katie L., Balk, Janneke

“…Summary Understanding the mechanisms of iron trafficking in plants is key to enhancing the nutritional quality of crops. Because it is difficult to image iron…”
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Biofortification of wheat grain with iron and zinc: integrating novel genomic resources and knowledge from model crops by Borrill, Philippa, Connorton, James M, Balk, Janneke, Miller, Anthony J, Sanders, Dale, Uauy, Cristobal

“…Wheat, like many other staple cereals, contains low levels of the essential micronutrients iron and zinc. Up to two billion people worldwide suffer from iron…”
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A two-gene strategy increases iron and zinc concentrations in wheat flour, improving mineral bioaccessibility by Harrington, Sophie A, Connorton, James M, Nyangoma, Natasha I M, McNelly, Rose, Morgan, Yvie M L, Aslam, Mohamad F, Sharp, Paul A, Johnson, Alexander A T, Uauy, Cristobal, Balk, Janneke

“…Dietary deficiencies of iron and zinc cause human malnutrition that can be mitigated by biofortified staple crops. Conventional breeding approaches to increase…”
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Wheat Vacuolar Iron Transporter TaVIT2 Transports Fe and Mn and Is Effective for Biofortification1[OPEN] by Connorton, James M., Jones, Eleanor R., Rodríguez-Ramiro, Ildefonso, Fairweather-Tait, Susan, Uauy, Cristobal, Balk, Janneke

“…Altering the expression of a vacuolar iron transporter doubles iron content in white wheat flour. Increasing the intrinsic nutritional quality of crops, known…”
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Knockout of Multiple Arabidopsis Cation/H.sup.+ Exchangers Suggests Isoform-Specific Roles in Metal Stress Response, Germination and Seed Mineral Nutrition by Connorton, James M, Webster, Rachel E, Cheng, Ninghui, Pittman, Jon K

“…Cation/H.sup.+ exchangers encoded by CAX genes play an important role in the vacuolar accumulation of metals including Ca.sup.2+ and Mn.sup.2+ . Arabidopsis…”
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