Mutations in Rice (Oryza sativa) Heavy Metal ATPase 2 (OsHMA2) Restrict the Translocation of Zinc and Cadmium

2 (OsHMA2) Restrict the Translocation of Zinc and Cadmium Namiko Satoh-Nagasawa*, Mikako Mori, Nobushige Nakazawa, Tomohiko Kawamoto, Yasuo Nagato, Kenji Sakurai, Hidekazu Takahashi, Akio Watanabe and Hiromori Akagi Department of Biological Production, Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Kaidoubata-Nishi 241-438, Shimoshinjyo-Nakano, Akita, 010-0195 Japan Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Kaidoubata-Nishi 241-438, Shimoshinjyo-Nakano, Akita, 010-0195 Japan Akita Agricultural Experiment Station, Genpachizawa 34-1, Aikawa, Yuwa, Akita, 010-1231 Japan Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan *Corresponding author: E-mail, satohnagasawa@akita-pu.ac.jp; Fax: +81-18-853-0368. (Received June 22, 2011; Accepted November 19, 2011)