Cadmium stress tolerance in crop plants: Probing the role of sulfur

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-222

  Gill, Sarvajeet Singh ^a,b   Tuteja, Narendra ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

^b MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cysteine; Glutathione; Phytochelatins; Stress tolerance; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; PHYTOCHELATIN; SULFUR; THIOL DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CROP; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REVIEW;

CADMIUM; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GLUTATHIONE; PHYTOCHELATINS; PLANT PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFUR;

EID: 79956212338     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.2.14880     Document Type: Review

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