Cadmium Resistance in Transgenic Tobacco Plants Expressing the Nicotiana glutinosa L. Metallothionein-like Gene

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 678-684

  Suh, Mi Chung ^a   Choi, Doil ^a   Liu, Jang Ryol ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Metallothionein like Gene; Nicotiana glutinosa; Nicotiana tabacum L.; Transgenic Plant

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HYBRID PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT; PLANT SEED; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CADMIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; METALLOTHIONEIN; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032585335     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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