Development of transgenic yellow poplar for mercury phytoremediation

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 925-928

  Rugh, Clayton L ^a,b   Senecoff, Julie F ^b   Meagher, Richard B ^b   Merkle, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liriodendron tulipifera; Mercuric reductase; Mercury

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC STABILITY; GERMINATION; OPERON; PLANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TRANSGENE; VEGETATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MERCURY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TREES;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0031758183     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1098-925     Document Type: Article

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