Dealing with iron metabolism in rice: from breeding for stress tolerance to biofortification

Abstract Iron is a well-known metal. Used by humankind since ancient times in many different ways, this element is present in all living organisms, where, unfortunately, it represents a two-way problem. Being an essential block in the composition of different proteins and metabolic pathways, iron is...

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Main Authors: Railson Schreinert dos Santos, Artur Teixeira de Araujo Júnior, Camila Pegoraro, Antonio Costa de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2017-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572017000200312&lng=en&tlng=en