Coupling two mercury resistance genes in Eastern cottonwood enhances the processing of organomercury

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-262

  Lyyra, Satu ^a,c   Meagher, Richard B ^b   Kim, Tehryung ^b,d   Heaton, Andrew ^b   Montello, Paul ^a   Balish, Rebecca S ^b,e   Merkle, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Tekniikantie 4A ^*  (United States)

^c District Heating Systems Department   (Finland)

^d Phygen Inc   (South Korea)

^e MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

merA; merB; Phytoremediation; Populus deltoides; Re transformation; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ALKYLMERCURY LYASE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYGROMYCIN; HYGROMYCIN B; LYASE; MERCURY (II) REDUCTASE; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHENYLMERCURIC ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOREMEDIATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CINNAMATES; DRUG RESISTANCE; HYGROMYCIN B; LYASES; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENYLMERCURIC ACETATE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULUS; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 33847196463     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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