Cloning of the cDNA and genomic clones for glutathione synthetase from Arabidopsis thaliana and complementation of a gsh2 mutant in fission yeast

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1093-1104

  Wang, Chang Lin ^a   Oliver, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; glutathione; heavy metals; phytochelatin; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030237918     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00040827     Document Type: Article

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