Thiols in cadmium- and copper-treated maize (Zea mays L.)

Planta

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 139-143

  Galli, Ulrich ^a   Schüepp, Hannes ^b   Brunold, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Heavy metal binding peptides; Phytochelatin; Translocation (Cd, Cu); Zea (Cd, Cu transport)

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030063722     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00197596     Document Type: Article

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