Recovery of uptake and assimilation of nitrate in Scenedesmus sp. previously exposed to elevated levels of Cu2+ and Zn2+

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 543-549

  Tripathi, Bhumi Nath ^a   Mehta, Surya Kant ^a   Gaur, Jai Prakash ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Nitrate reductase; Nitrate uptake; Recovery; Scenedesmus; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYME KINETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; UREA;

BIOASSIMILATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE (NR);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONCENTRATION; ENZYMES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; STRESS ANALYSIS; UREA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; SCENEDESMUS;

COPPER; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SCENEDESMUS; TIME;

COPPER; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; SCENEDESMUS; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 4243162173     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-01238     Document Type: Article

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