Degradation of low molecular weight volatile organic compounds by plants genetically modified with mammalian cytochrome P450 2E1

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 289-293

  Andrew James, C ^a   Gang, X I N ^a   Doty, Sharon L ^b   Strand, Stuart E ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROPONIC VESSELS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DIBROMOETHANE; BENZENE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENZYME; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOBACCO; VOLATILIZATION;

MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 37549028031     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071197z     Document Type: Article

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