Cadmium-tolerance of transgenic Ipomoea aquatica expressing serine acetyltransferase and cysteine synthase

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-203

  Moontongchoon, Parichart ^a   Chadchawan, Supachitra ^a   Leepipatpiboon, Natchanun ^a   Akaracharanya, Ancharida ^a   Shinmyo, Atsuhiko ^b   Sano, Hiroshi ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cysteine synthase; Heavy metal tolerance; Ipomoea aquatica; Serine acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 42149108477     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.25.201     Document Type: Article

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