Translational asymmetry as a sensitive indicator of cadmium stress in plants: A laboratory test with wild-type and mutant Arabidopsis thaliana

New Phytologist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 471-477

  Tan Kristanto, Ariadne ^b   Hoffmann, Ary ^a   Woods, Richard ^a   Batterham, Phil ^b   Cobbett, Christopher ^b   Sinclair, Chantelle ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cadmium (Cd); Developmental stability; Stress; Translational asymmetry

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0042463690     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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