Enhanced copper tolerance in Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke populations from copper mines is associated with increased transcript levels of a 2b-type metallothionein gene

Plant Physiology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1519-1526

  Van Hoof, N A L M ^a   Hassinen, V H ^a   Hakvoort, H W J ^a   Ballintijn, K F ^a   Schat, H ^a   Verkleij, J A C ^a   Ernst, W H O ^a   Karenlampi, S O ^a   Tervahauta, A I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CROSS BREEDING; DNA LIBRARY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; METAL TOLERANCE; METALLOTHIONEIN; PLANT; PLANT EVOLUTION; POLLUTED SOIL; RESTORER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

COPPER; DNA; GENES; YEAST;

GENE AMPLIFICATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; SILENE VULGARIS;

EID: 0034863915     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.126.4.1519     Document Type: Article

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