Differential mercury volatilization by tobacco organs expressing a modified bacterial merA gene

Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-236

  He, Yu Ke ^a,b   Sun, Jian Ge ^a   Feng, Xian Zhong ^a,b   Czakó, Mihály ^a   Márton, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Environment; Heavy metals; Mercury; Remediation; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY (II) REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VOLATILIZATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; KANAMYCIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TOBACCO; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0035464275     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7290091     Document Type: Article

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