Investigating the toxicity, uptake, nanoparticle formation and genetic response of plants to gold.

We have studied the physiological and genetic responses of Arabidopsis thaliana L. (Arabidopsis) to gold. The root lengths of Arabidopsis seedlings grown on nutrient agar plates containing 100 mg/L gold were reduced by 75%. Oxidized gold was subsequently found in roots and shoots of these plants, bu...

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Main Authors: Andrew F Taylor, Elizabeth L Rylott, Christopher W N Anderson, Neil C Bruce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3988041?pdf=render