Detoxification of cadmium in tobacco plants: Formation and active excretion of crystals containing cadmium and calcium through trichomes

Planta

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-50

  Choi, Y E ^a   Harada, E ^a   Wada, M ^b   Tsuboi, H ^b   Morita, Y ^c   Kusano, T ^a   Sano, H ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c HORIBA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium detoxification; Calcium excretion; Heavy metal; Nicotiana (cadmium); Trichome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CADMIUM; CRYSTAL; DETOXIFICATION; METAL TOLERANCE; PLANT CELL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEEDLING; SIZE; TRICHOME; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CRYSTALS; DETOXIFICATION; SEED; TOBACCO; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AMORPHOUS OSMIOPHILIC DEPOSITS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; PRECIPITATION; TOBACCO; VACUOLES;

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0034986640     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250000487     Document Type: Article

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