Analysis of type 2 metallothionein gene from mangrove species (Kandelia candel)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1537-1544

  Huang, Guo Yong ^a,b   Wang, You Shao ^a   Ying, Guang Guo ^b   Dang, Ai Cui ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Kandelia candel; Mangrove species; Metal tolerance; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

BINDING AFFINITIES; CONTROL-CELL; E. COLI; FUSION PROTEINS; GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE; KANDELIA CANDEL; LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MANGROVE SPECIES; METAL BINDING PROPERTIES; METAL HOMEOSTASIS; METAL TOLERANCE; METAL-BINDING PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEINS; MRNA EXPRESSION; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE;

BINDING ENERGY; COPPER; DETOXIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; LEAD; METALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZINC;

METAL ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KANDELIA CANDEL;

EID: 84866450447     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0727-2     Document Type: Article

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