Arsenic Accumulates in the Nuclei of Plants' Cells (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Arsenic Accumulates in the Nuclei of Plants' Cells

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This image shows the distribution of arsenic within leafs of rigid hornwort at concentrations of 1 micromol (75 micrograms, left) arsenic per liter water and 5 micromols (375 micrograms, right) arsenic per liter water. At low concentrations, arsenic accumulates predominantly in the nuclei of epidermal cells (see insets), while at high concentrations, it floods the whole cell.

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Credit: Mishra et al., adapted from Journal of Experimental Botany, DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw238; Use under <a target="_blank"href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">CC-BY-3.0</a>

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