Time-course development of the Cd2+ hyper-accumulating phenotype in Euglena gracilis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-92

  Avilés, César ^a   Torres Márquez, M Eugenia ^b   Mendoza Cózatl, David ^a   Moreno Sánchez, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine; glutamylcysteine synthetase; Cd2+ accumulation; Euglena gracilis; Glutathione; Mercury; Phytochelatins

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CYSTEINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; MERCURY; PHYTOCHELATIN; SULFIDE;

ALGAL GROWTH; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL ORGANELLE; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CADMIUM; CYSTEINE; DIPEPTIDES; DRUG RESISTANCE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; MERCURY; PHENOTYPE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES;

EUGLENA GRACILIS;

EID: 27144521098     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0013-4     Document Type: Article

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