Arsenic biomethylation by photosynthetic organisms

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 155-162

  Ye, Jun ^a   Rensing, Christopher ^b   Rosen, Barry P ^c   Zhu, Yong Guan ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENITE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84862776542     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2011.12.003     Document Type: Review

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