🛑 Some 🌱 have the remarkable ability to tolerate and accumulate ☣️ metals.
Below 👇🏼 we present evidence that this trait depends on co-option of the circadian 🕰️ machinery❗
We found that co-option of 🕰️ proteins governs both enhanced and time-dependent expression of metal-accumulation genes❗
Leo Castanedo
Cis-regulatory elements co-opting core circadian clock regulator CCA1 underlie enhanced expression of HMA4 for metal hyperaccumulation in Arabidopsis halleri #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...