Physiological responses of transgenic merA-tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) to foliar and root mercury exposure

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 137-155

  Heaton, Andrew C P ^a   Rugh, Clayton L ^b   Wang, Nian Jie ^c   Meagher, Richard B ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clinical Data Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Contamination; Hg; Mercury; Phytoextraction; Phytoremediation; Phytovolatilization; Transgenic; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); REDUCTION; SEED;

ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION; MERCURY EXTRACTION; MERCURY RESISTANCE; TOBACCO SEEDS;

TOBACCO;

MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; MERCURY REDUCTASE; MERCURY SULFIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; TOBACCO;

ABSORPTION; ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DYNAMICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENT; FOLIAGE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERMINATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PLANT GRAFTING; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT TISSUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION; SOLID; SPIKE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MERCURY; REDUCTION; SEEDS; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 18844416100     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-7111-4     Document Type: Article

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