Variations in membrane lipid metabolism in Brassica juncea and Brassica napus leaves as a response to cadmium exposure

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 299-307

  Nouairi, Issam ^a   Ammar, Wided Ben ^a   Youssef, Nabil Ben ^a   Miled, Douja Daoud Ben ^a   Ghorbal, Mohamed Habib ^b   Zarrouk, Mokhtar ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Brassica juncea; Brassica napus; Cadmium; Leaves; Lipid biosynthesis; Reduced thiol content

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 33748865697     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2006.299.307     Document Type: Article

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