Transgenic plants as sensors of environmental pollution genotoxicity

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1539-1558

  Kovalchuk, Igor ^a   Kovalchuk, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Environmental pollution; Heavy metal; Nicotiana tabacum; Plant biosensor; Radioactive contamination; Transgenic phytosensor

Indexed keywords

GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHYTOSENSOR; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 41549144454     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8031539     Document Type: Review

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