Isolation of the metallothionein gene from white mustard, brassica rapa var parachinensis

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-73

  Mohd Fahmi, A B ^a   Nik Marzuki, S ^a   Che Radziah, C M Z ^a   Khairiah, J ^a   Roslina, M Y ^a   Ismail, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Annealing temperature; Gene; Heavy metals; Metallothionein; Sequence

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; SINAPIS ALBA;

EID: 77955632937     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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