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How synthetic biology can help bioremediation by Rylott, Elizabeth L., Bruce, Neil C.

“…The World Health Organization reported that “an estimated 12.6 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment in 2012, nearly…”
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Investigating the toxicity, uptake, nanoparticle formation and genetic response of plants to gold by Taylor, Andrew F, Rylott, Elizabeth L, Anderson, Christopher W N, Bruce, Neil C

“…We have studied the physiological and genetic responses of Arabidopsis thaliana L. (Arabidopsis) to gold. The root lengths of Arabidopsis seedlings grown on…”
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Monodehydroascorbate reductase mediates TNT toxicity in plants by Johnston, Emily J., Rylott, Elizabeth L., Beynon, Emily, Lorenz, Astrid, Chechik, Victor, Bruce, Neil C.

“…The explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a highly toxic and persistent environmental pollutant. Due to the scale of affected areas, one of the most…”
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Supported palladium nanoparticles synthesized by living plants as a catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura reactions by Parker, Helen L, Rylott, Elizabeth L, Hunt, Andrew J, Dodson, Jennifer R, Taylor, Andrew F, Bruce, Neil C, Clark, James H

“…The metal accumulating ability of plants has previously been used to capture metal contaminants from the environment; however, the full potential of this…”
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Exploring the biochemical properties and remediation applications of the unusual explosive-degrading P450 system XplA/B by Jackson, Rosamond G, Rylott, Elizabeth L, Fournier, Diane, Hawari, Jalal, Bruce, Neil C

“…Widespread contamination of land and groundwater has resulted from the use, manufacture, and storage of the military explosive…”
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Expression of a Drosophila glutathione transferase in Arabidopsis confers the ability to detoxify the environmental pollutant, and explosive, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by Tzafestas, Kyriakos, Razalan, Maria M., Gyulev, Ivan, Mazari, Aslam M. A., Mannervik, Bengt, Rylott, Elizabeth L., Bruce, Neil C.

“…The explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a significant, global environmental pollutant that is both toxic and recalcitrant to degradation. Given the sheer…”
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Detoxification of the explosive 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene in Arabidopsis: discovery of bifunctional O‐ and C‐glucosyltransferases by Gandia‐Herrero, Fernando, Lorenz, Astrid, Larson, Tony, Graham, Ian A., Bowles, Dianna J., Rylott, Elizabeth L., Bruce, Neil C.

“…Summary Plants, as predominantly sessile organisms, have evolved complex detoxification pathways to deal with a diverse range of toxic chemicals. The…”
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Structure-Guided Mechanisms Behind the Metabolism of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene by Glutathione Transferases U25 and U24 That Lead to Alternate Product Distribution by Tzafestas, Kyriakos, Ahmad, Laziana, Dani, M Paulina, Grogan, Gideon, Rylott, Elizabeth L, Bruce, Neil C

“…The explosive xenobiotic 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a major worldwide environmental pollutant and its persistence in the environment presents health and…”
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Reserve mobilization in the Arabidopsis endosperm fuels hypocotyl elongation in the dark, is independent of abscisic acid, and requires PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE1 by Penfield, S, Rylott, E.L, Gilday, A.D, Graham, S, Larson, T.R, Graham, I.A

“…Arabidopsis thaliana is used as a model system to study triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation and seed germination in oilseeds. Here, we consider the partitioning…”
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Plants to mine metals and remediate land by Rylott, Elizabeth L., Bruce, Neil C.

“…Engineered plants can clean up pollution and recover technology-critical metals Anthropogenic activities have released vast amounts of metals, metalloids, and…”
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Genetic modification of western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii) for the phytoremediation of RDX and TNT by Zhang, Long, Rylott, Elizabeth L., Bruce, Neil C., Strand, Stuart E.

“…Contamination, from the explosives, hexahydro-1, 3, 5-trinitro-1, 3, 5-triazine (RDX), and 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), especially on live-fire training…”
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Phytoextraction as a tool for green chemistry by Hunt Andrew J., Anderson Christopher W.N., Bruce Neil, García Andrea Muñoz, Graedel Thomas E., Hodson Mark, Meech John A., Nassar Nedal T., Parker Helen L., Rylott Elizabeth L., Sotiriou Konastantina, Zhang Qing, Clark James H.

“…The unique chemical and physical properties of metals mean that they are extensively utilized by industry in a huge variety of applications, including…”
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Engineering a Catabolic Pathway in Plants for the Degradation of 1,2-Dichloroethane by Mena-Benitez, Gilda L, Gandia-Herrero, Fernando, Graham, Stuart, Larson, Tony R, McQueen-Mason, Simon J, French, Christopher E, Rylott, Elizabeth L, Bruce, Neil C

“…Plants are increasingly being employed to clean up environmental pollutants such as heavy metals; however, a major limitation of phytoremediation is the…”
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Biologically bound nickel as a sustainable catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde by Johar, Parul, McElroy, C. Robert, Rylott, Elizabeth L., Matharu, Avtar S., Clark, James H.

“…With mounting concerns over critical element sustainability in future bio-refineries, the conversion of phyto-extracted nickel (from contaminated lands) into…”
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Field trial demonstrating phytoremediation of the military explosive RDX by XplA/XplB-expressing switchgrass by Cary, Timothy J., Rylott, Elizabeth L., Zhang, Long, Routsong, Ryan M., Palazzo, Antonio J., Strand, Stuart E., Bruce, Neil C.

“…The explosive hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), a major component of munitions, is used extensively on military training ranges. As a result,…”
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The Gluconeogenic Enzyme Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in Arabidopsis Is Essential for Seedling Establishment by Rylott, Elizabeth L., Gilday, Alison D., Graham, Ian A.

“…Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) catalyzes the conversion of oxaloacetate to phosphoenolpyruvate in the gluconeogenic production of sugars from…”
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Inventing hyperaccumulator plants: improving practice in phytoextraction research and terminology by van der Ent, Antony, Rylott, Elizabeth L.

“…Toxic metals and metalloids, especially from anthropogenic sources, now pollute substantial areas of our planet. Phytoextraction is a proven technology with…”
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Endophyte consortia for xenobiotic phytoremediation: the root to success? by Rylott, Elizabeth L.

“…The plant-growth-promoting properties (PGP) conferred by many endophytic species have been extensively studied but the potential for endophytes in the…”
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Right on target: using plants and microbes to remediate explosives by Rylott, Elizabeth L., Bruce, Neil C.

“…While the immediate effect of explosives in armed conflicts is frequently in the public eye, until recently, the insidious, longer-term corollaries of these…”
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Biodegradation and biotransformation of explosives by Rylott, Elizabeth L, Lorenz, Astrid, Bruce, Neil C

“…Explosives now contaminate millions of hectares of land in the US alone, with global levels of contamination difficult to fully assess. Understanding the…”
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