Jeeyon Jeong, Aleks Merkovich ‘17, Madeline Clyne ’18 & Erin L. Connnolly

Current Opinion in Plant Biology 39: 106-113. Oct. 2017

Highlights

Plants are the main source of dietary iron, yet iron uptake by plants is limited.
Iron acquisition and translocation are subject to fine-tuned homeostatic control.
New insight on molecular details of iron uptake and translocation has been revealed.

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Overview of iron acquisition and translocation from roots to shoots.