Metallothionein expression in chloroplasts enhances mercury accumulation and phytoremediation capability

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 609-617

  Ruiz, Oscar N ^a   Alvarez, Derry ^a   Torres, Cesar ^a   Roman, Laura ^a   Daniell, Henry ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chelator; Environmental biotechnology; Genetic engineering; Plastid genome; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHELATING AGENTS; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 79955663579     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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