Caenorhabditis elegans expresses a functional phytochelatin synthase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 3640-3643

  Clemens, Stephan ^a   Schroeder, Julian I ^b   Degenkolb, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal homeostasis; Metal tolerance; Phytochelatins

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; PHYTOCHELATIN; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC CODE; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; YEAST CELL;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CADMIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; KINETICS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TRITICUM;

EID: 0034819328     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02293.x     Document Type: Article

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