Cadmium tolerance and accumulation in Indian mustard is enhanced by overexpressing γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1169-1177

  Zhu, Yong Liang ^a   Pilon Smits, Elizabeth A H ^b   Tarun, Alice S ^a   Weber, Stefan U ^c   Jouanin, Lise ^d   Terry, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CADMIUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HEAVY METAL; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PHYTOCHELATIN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLASTID; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

BRASSICA JUNCEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0001076785     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.4.1169     Document Type: Article

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