Effects of aluminum oxide nanoparticles on the growth, development, and microrna expression of tobacco (nicotiana tabacum)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Burklew, Caitlin E ^a   Ashlock, Jordan ^a   Winfrey, William B ^a   Zhang, Baohong ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 395; MICRORNA 397; MICRORNA 398; MICRORNA 399; NANOPARTICLE; PLANT RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ADH GENE; APX GENE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GERMINATION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; RNA TRANSLATION; ROOT LENGTH; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICRORNAS; RNA, PLANT; SEEDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO;

EID: 84861014492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034783     Document Type: Article

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