Cd-stress on nitrogen assimilation

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 310-317

  Boussama, N ^a   Ouariti, O ^a   Suzuki, A ^b   Ghorbal, M H ^a  

^a Campus Universitaire   (Tunisia)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cadmium stress; Glutamate; Glutathione; Nitrate; Nitrogen assimilating enzymes; Proline; Zea mays; glutamylcysteine

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032885160     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(99)80110-2     Document Type: Article

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