Tolerance to, and uptake and degradation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) are enhanced by the expression of a bacterial nitroreductase gene in Arabidopsis thaliana

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 272-278

  Kurumata, Mami ^a   Takahashi, Misa ^a,b   Sakamoto, Atsushi ^a,b   Ramos, Juan L ^c   Nepovim, Aies ^d   Vanek, Tomas ^d   Hirata, Toshifumi ^a   Morikawa, Hiromichi ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; nfsA; Nitroreductase (TNT and NTR); Transgenic Plant

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 19944366659     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2005-3-412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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