Higher levels of ectopic expression of Arabidopsis phytochelatin synthase do not lead to increased cadmium tolerance and accumulation

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 903-910

  Lee, Sangman ^a   Petros, David ^b   Moon, Jae S ^c   Ko, Tae Seok ^a   Goldsbrough, Peter B ^b   Korban, Schuyler S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cadmium; Phytochelatin; Phytochelatin synthase

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0142094707     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(03)00140-2     Document Type: Article

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