Yeast metallothionein in transgenic tobacco promotes copper uptake from contaminated soils

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-280

  Thomas, John C ^a   Davies, Elizabeth C ^a   Malick, Farah K ^a   Endreszl, Charles ^a   Williams, Chandra R ^a   Abbas, Mohammed ^a   Petrella, Sally ^a   Swisher, Krystal ^a   Perron, Mike ^a   Edwards, Ryan ^a   Ostenkowski, Pam ^a   Urbanczyk, Nicolas ^a   Wiesend, Wendy N ^a   Murray, Kent S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; PROTEINS; SOILS; YEAST;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COPPER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOBACCO;

COPPER; PROTEINS; SOIL; TOBACCO; YEASTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 12444286781     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp025623q     Document Type: Article

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