Response of wild type of Arabidopsis thaliana to copper stress

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-84

  Wojcik M ^a   Tukiendorf, A ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Copper toxicity and tolerance; Glutathione; Glutathione disulfide; Phytochelatin

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0037234798     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022314201466     Document Type: Article

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