Transgenic tobacco plant expressing environmental E. coli merA gene for enhanced volatilization of ionic mercury

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 917-924

  Haque, Shafiul ^a,b   Zeyaullah, Md ^b   Nabi, Gowher ^c   Srivastava, P S ^c   Ali, Arif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; MerA; Mercuric reductase; Phytoremediation; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; MERCURY (II) REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; ION TRANSPORT; MERCURIALISM; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VOLATILIZATION; WILD TYPE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MERCURY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO; VOLATILIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77954866561     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1002.02001     Document Type: Article

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