Development of a transgenic tobacco plant for phytoremediation of methylmercury pollution

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 781-786

  Nagata, Takeshi ^a   Morita, Hirofumi ^a   Akizawa, Toshifumi ^a   Pan Hou, Hidemitsu ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

MerB gene; Mercury accumulation; Methylmercury pollution; Phytoremediation; Polyphosphate; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

MERCURY ACCUMULATION; METHYL MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY POLLUTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLYPHOSPHATES; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO;

BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYMES; GENE ENCODING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION;

TOBACCO;

METHYLMERCURY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYASE; MERB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENZYME; GENOME; METHYLMERCURY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT RESIDUE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; MERB GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GENOME; POLLUTION; TOBACCO; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LYASES; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77953082646     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2572-9     Document Type: Article

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