Toxic metal accumulation, responses to exposure and mechanisms of tolerance in plants

Biochimie

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1707-1719

  Clemens, S ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metal homeostasis; Metal hyperaccumulation; Metal tolerance; Phytochelatins; Plant

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; METHIONINE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARABIDOPSIS; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOACCUMULATION; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MINING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT CELL; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DRUG TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS HALLERI; THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 33751011307     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.07.003     Document Type: Review

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