The composition of metals bound to class III metallothionein (phytochelatin and its desglycyl peptide) induced by various metals in root cultures of Rubia tinctorum

Plant Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1145-1150

  Maitani, Tamio ^a   Kubota, Hiroki ^a   Sato, Kyoko ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBIA; RUBIA TINCTORUM;

EID: 0000958553     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.4.1145     Document Type: Article

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