Growth and heavy metal binding properties of transgenic Chlamydomonas expressing a foreign metallothionein gene

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-65

  Cai, Xiao Hua ^a   Brown, Christopher ^a   Adhiya, Jagat ^a   Traina, Samuel J ^a   Sayre, Richard T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Cadmium; Phytochelatin; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002070219     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15226519908500004     Document Type: Article

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