Cloning and characterization of phytochelatin synthase from a Nickel hyperaccumulator Thlaspi japonicum and its expression in yeast

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 285-290

  Mizuno, Takafumi ^a   Sonoda, Toyoharu ^a   Senoo, Keishi ^a,d   Tanaka, Akiyoshi ^a   Obata, Hitoshi ^a   Horie, Kenji ^b   Mizuno, Naoharu ^c  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Asahikawa Nishi High School   (Japan)

^c RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium tolerance; Phytochelatin synthase; Phytoremediation; T. japonicum; Yeast expression

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; THLASPI; THLASPI JAPONICUM;

EID: 0038333620     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2003.10410009     Document Type: Article

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