A long way ahead: Understanding and engineering plant metal accumulation

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 309-315

  Clemens, Stephan ^a   Palmgren, Michael G ^b   Krämer, Ute ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

BIOREMEDIATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; POLLUTION; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METALS, HEAVY; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 0036635468     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(02)02295-1     Document Type: Review

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