Phytoremediation of small organic contaminants using transgenic plants

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-241

  James, C Andrew ^a   Strand, Stuart E ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DEGRADATION RATE; DEHALOGENASE GENES; DICHLOROETHANE; LACCASE ACTIVITY; LACCASE GENE; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PHASE I; PHYTOREMEDIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRICHLOROPHENOL; XANTHOBACTER AUTOTROPHICUS;

BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DEGRADATION;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; DEHALOGENASE; ENZYME; HALOGEN; LACCASE; MANGANESE PEROXIDASE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TRICHLOROPHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; COTTON; DEHALOGENATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; EX PLANTA METABOLISM; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN PLANTA METABOLISM; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; XANTHOBACTER;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; GOSSYPIUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; XANTHOBACTER AUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 66049148589     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2009.02.014     Document Type: Review

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