Heavy metal tolerance of transgenic tobacco plants over-expressing cysteine synthase

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-157

  Kawashima, Cintia Goulart ^a   Noji, Masaaki ^a   Nakamura, Michimi ^a   Ogra, Yasumitsu ^a   Suzuki, Kazuo T ^a   Saito, Kazuki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysteine biosynthesis; Heavy metal tolerance; Phytochelatin; Phytoremediation; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CADMIUM; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSOL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGAR; CADMIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLOROPLASTS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; CYTOSOL; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 1042268331     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000012895.60773.ff     Document Type: Article

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