MerA cottonwood survived and grew when transpslanated to soil with 500 ppm Hg(II), while controls were dead in three days
Similarly sized & rooted wild type and merA transgenic plants were transplanted to Oak Ridge, TN soil with 500 ppm Hg (II). This photo was taken 7 days later.	Similarly sized rooted plants 7 days after transplanting to Oak Ridge, TN soil with ~500 ppm Hg(II) - Che et al., 2003 Plant Biotech
In collaboration with the Scott Merkle laboratory at UGA

 

Heaton et al., 1998, Meagher, 2000; Che et al., Plant Biotech

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