title: Modification of DNA Checkpoints to Confer Aluminum Tolerance.
abstract: Although aluminum (Al) toxicity represents a global agricultural problem, the biochemical targets for Al remain elusive. Recently identified Arabidopsis mutants with increased Al tolerance provide evidence of DNA as one of the main targets of Al. This insight could lead the way for novel strategies to generate Al-tolerant crop plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), 9052 Gent, Belgium; Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eekhout
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Riverside, CA 92521, USA. Electronic address: paul.larsen@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), 9052 Gent, Belgium; Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium. Electronic address: lieven.deveylder@psb.vib-ugent.be.
authors.forename: Lieven
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Veylder
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000633:toxicity*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D010940:Plant Proteins; D000535:Aluminum