The evaluation of cadmium, zinc and nickel accumulation ability of transgenic tobacco bearing different transgenes

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 513-517

  Pavlikova D ^a   Macek, T ^b   Mackova M ^b,c   Sura M ^b,c   Szakova J ^a   Tlustos P ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CZE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Cadmium; Metallothionein; Nickel; Polyhistidine; glucuronidase; Transgenic tobacco; Zinc

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 12344283168     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/4067-pse     Document Type: Article

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