Detoxification of 2,4-dinitrotoluene by transgenic tobacco plants expressing a bacterial flavodoxin

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4071-4076

  Tognetti, Vanesa B ^a,c   Monti, Mariela R ^b   Valle, Estela M ^a   Carrillo, Nestor ^a   Smania, Andrea M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CONTAMINATION; DERIVATIVES; DETOXIFICATION; TOLUENE;

AMINODERIVATIVES; NITROAROMATICS; PHYTOTOXICITY;

BACTERIA;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; FLAVODOXIN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DERIVATIVES; DETOXIFICATION; TOLUENE;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLEANUP; DETOXIFICATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLASTID; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; DETOXIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYTOTOXICITY; TOBACCO;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLOROPLASTS; DINITROBENZENES; FLAVODOXIN; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA;

EID: 34250163890     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070015y     Document Type: Article

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