Influence of cadmium on the production of γ-glutamylcysteine peptides and enzymes of nitrogen assimilation in Zea mays seedlings

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 793-799

  Ju, Grace C ^a   Li, Xui Zhen ^b   Rauser, Wilfried E ^b   Oaks, Ann ^b  

^a Dept of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium toxicity; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Maize; Nitrogen assimilation; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031423126     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010416.x     Document Type: Article

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