Strategies for the engineered phytoremediation of toxic element pollution: Mercury and arsenic

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 502-513

  Meagher, Richard B ^a   Heaton, Andrew C P ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Biomagnification; Cottonwood; merA, merB, ArsC, ECS; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHELATING AGENT; COPPER; GLUTATHIONE; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; PHOSPHATE; RADIOISOTOPE; SULFATE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

ACIDIFICATION; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOENGINEERING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CHELATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EPIDERMIS CELL; FOOD CHAIN; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; TRICHOME; VASCULAR TISSUE; XYLEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARSENIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LYASES; MERCURY; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ARABIDOPSIS; POPULUS;

EID: 28644435454     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-005-0255-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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