Response to cadmium in higher plants

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-130

  Sanita Di Toppi L ^a   Gabbrielli, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Heavy metal; Higher plants; Phytochelatin; Stress ethylene; Stress protein; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; PHYTOCHELATIN; STRESS TOLERANCE;

EID: 0001295143     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(98)00058-6     Document Type: Review

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