LET-dependent effects of heavy-ion beam irradiation in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-117

  Kazama, Yusuke ^a   Saito, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Y ^b   Hayashi, Yoriko ^a   Ichida, Hiroyuki ^a   Ryuto, Hiromichi ^a   Fukunishi, Nobuhisa ^a   Abe, Tomoko ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Heavy ion beam; LET

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 42149109645     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.25.113     Document Type: Article

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