Barley lipid-transfer protein as heavy metal scavenger

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 113-116

  Gorjanovic S ^a   Suznjevic D ^a   Beljanski, M ^a   Hranisavljevic J ^a  

^a Institute of General and Physical Chemistry   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Differential pulse polarography; Hordeum vulgare; Lipid transfer protein; Metal binding; Phytoextraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944351564     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-004-0084-5     Document Type: Article

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