Oxidation of the enzymes involved in nitrogen assimilation plays an important role in the cadmium-induced toxicity in soybean plants

Plant and Soil

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 187-194

  Balestrasse, K B ^a   Gallego, S M ^a   Tomaro, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Cadmium; Glycine max L.; Nitrogen assimilation; Protein oxidation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CADMIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PROTEIN; SOYBEAN; TOXICITY;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33746468589     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-0050-z     Document Type: Article

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