title: Aquaglyceroporins: ancient channels for metalloids.
abstract: The identification of aquaglyceroporins as uptake channels for arsenic and antimony shows how these toxic elements can enter the food chain, and suggests that food plants could be genetically modified to exclude arsenic while still accumulating boron and silicon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
authors.forename: Hiranmoy
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Saravanamuthu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thiyagarajan
authors.forename: Barry P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Rosen
mesh_terms: D000965:Antimony / Q000378:metabolism*; D051397:Aquaglyceroporins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D001151:Arsenic / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020387:Food Chain; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D051397:Aquaglyceroporins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D000965:Antimony; D001151:Arsenic