Sodium transport and salt tolerance in plants

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 431-434

  Blumwald, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE; REVIEW; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033922517     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(00)00112-5     Document Type: Review

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