Mercury uptake, distribution and DNA affinity in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) plants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 243-244, Issue , 1999, Pages 119-127

  Cavallini, Andrea ^a   Natali, Lucia ^a   Durante, Mauro ^a   Maserti, Biancaelena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA; Mercury; Uptake; Wheat

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MERCURIC NITRATE; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; DNA; MERCURY (ELEMENT); WHEAT;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DNA BINDING; DNA PURIFICATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT SEED; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TOXICOKINETICS; WHEAT;

TRITICUM DURUM;

EID: 0032763852     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00367-8     Document Type: Article

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