Molecular aspects of plant adaptation to life in the Chernobyl zone

Plant Physiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 357-363

  Kovalchuk, Igor ^a   Abramov, Vladimir ^b   Pogribny, Igor ^c   Kovalchuk, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MICROORGANISMS; MUTAGENS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

METHYLATION; PLANT ADAPTATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 2442664350     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.040477     Document Type: Article

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