Introduction
Alluminum (Al) is one of the most abundant elements in the Earth's crust. When the soil where the Al is present drops below a pH of 5.5, the normally inert Al will speciate to become a trivalent cation. This form allows for the Al to be absorbed by plant life that also resides in these soils. However after the plan uptakes the Al cations, research has shown that there are conseqeunces such as a stoppage of root growth in an Ataxia Telangiectasia and Rad3 Related (ATR) and Suppressor of Gamma Response 1 (SOG1) dependent manner, this is in addittion to the Al exposure leading to the formation of double strand breaks, leading the possibility of genome instability.
DNA Damage Agent
Alluminum (Al) is one of the most abundant elements in the Earth's crust. When the soil where the Al is present drops below a pH of 5.5, the normally inert Al will speciate to become a trivalent cation. This form allows for the Al to be absorbed by plant life that also resides in these soils. However after the plan uptakes the Al cations, research has shown that there are conseqeunces such as a stoppage of root growth in an Ataxia Telangiectasia and Rad3 Related (ATR) and Suppressor of Gamma Response 1 (SOG1) dependent manner, this is in addittion to the Al exposure leading to the formation of double strand breaks, leading the possibility of genome instability.