Heavy metal tolerance genes: Prospective tools for bioremediation

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 18, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 135-149

  Ow, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cadmium; phytochelatin; phytoremediation; sulfide; vacuolar transport

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOCHELATIN; RADIOISOTOPE; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STORAGE;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CADMIUM; EXTRACTION; FUNGI; HEAVY METALS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOREMEDIATION; HEAVY METAL TOLERANCE GENES; PHYTOCHELATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SULFIDE; VACUOLAR TRANSPORT;

GENES;

BIOREMEDIATION; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL TOLERANCE;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030273848     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(96)01174-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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