Heavy metal transporters in plants

Plant Membrane and Vacuolar Transporters

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 213-238

  Paulose, Bibin ^a   Jaiwal, Pawan K ^b   Dhankher, Om Parkash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic transporters; Heavy metal uptake transporters; Metal efflux transporters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861626920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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