Copper-binding proteins in ectomycorrhizal fungi

New Phytologist

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-131

  Howe, Rebecca ^a,b   Evans, R L ^a   Ketteridge, S W ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper tolerance; Ectomycorrhiza; Laccaria laccata; Metallothionein; Paxillus involutus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031441951     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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