A Cadmium-Sensitive, Glutathione-Deficient Mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana

Phytochelatins, the heavy-metal-binding peptides of plants, are synthesized from glutathione by a specific γ-glutamylcysteine dipeptidyl transpeptidase (phytochelatin synthase)

1989 • 904 citations

Phytochelatins, a class of heavy-metal-binding peptides from plants, are functionally analogous to metallothioneins

1987 • 805 citations

Cadmium-Sensitive, cad1 Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana Are Phytochelatin Deficient

1995 • 576 citations

The Heavy Metal-Binding Peptides of Plants

1990 • 534 citations

Biosynthesis and antioxidant function of glutathione in plants

1989 • 484 citations

Subcellular Localization of Cadmium and Cadmium-Binding Peptides in Tobacco Leaves

1990 • 472 citations

PHYTOCHELATINS

1990 • 437 citations

Heavy metal tolerance in the fission yeast requires an ATP-binding cassette-type vacuolar membrane transporter.

1992 • 410 citations

Glutathione metabolism and possible biological roles in higher plants

1980 • 395 citations

λ-Glutamylcysteine synthetase in higher plants: catalytic properties and subcellular localization

1990 • 244 citations

Cadmium transport across tonoplast of vesicles from oat roots. Evidence for a Cd2+/H+ antiport activity

1993 • 213 citations

Effect of Cadmium on γ-Glutamylcysteine Synthesis in Maize Seedlings

1992 • 212 citations

Phytochelatin Synthesis and Glutathione Levels in Response to Heavy Metals in Tomato Cells

1987 • 199 citations

Sulfide stabilization of the cadmium-gamma-glutamyl peptide complex of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

1988 • 156 citations

Cadmium-Sensitive Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

1992 • 147 citations

Metal-specific synthesis of two metallothioneins and gamma-glutamyl peptides in Candida glabrata.

1988 • 141 citations

Isolation of mutants of Schizosaccharomycespombe unable to synthesize cadystin, small cadmium-binding peptides

1988 • 134 citations

Purine biosynthetic genes are required for cadmium tolerance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

1992 • 92 citations

Cadmium-Sulfide Crystallites in Cd-(γEC)_nG Peptide Complexes from Tomato

1992 • 89 citations

Occurrence of Acid-Labile Sulfide in Cadmium-Binding Peptide 1 from Fission Yeast1

1983 • 82 citations

Glutathione metabolism and heavy metal detoxification in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

1991 • 58 citations

Two Purine Biosynthetic Enzymes That Are Required for Cadmium Tolerance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Utilize Cysteine Sulfinate in Vitro

1993 • 56 citations

Effect of Glutathione on Phytochelatin Synthesis in Tomato Cells

1990 • 51 citations