Plant cell biodegradation of a xenobiotic nitrate ester, nitroglycerin

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 174-177

  Goel, Akshay ^a   Kumar, Guneet ^a   Payne, Gregory F ^a,b   Dube, Shyam K ^b  

^a University of Maryland Baltimore County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta vulgaris; Nitrate ester; Nitroglycerin; Phytoremediation; Xenobiotic

Indexed keywords

ESTER DERIVATIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; KINETICS; NITROGLYCERIN; PLANTS; XENOBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS;

EID: 0031052943     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0297-174     Document Type: Article

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