Molecular mechanisms of proline-mediated tolerance to toxic heavy metals in transgenic microalgae

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2837-2847

  Siripornadulsil, Surasak ^a   Traina, Samuel ^a   Verma, Desh Pal S ^a   Sayre, Richard T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; HEAVY METALS; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS;

MOLECULAR MECHANISM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036846913     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.004853     Document Type: Article

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