Phenotypic and molecular consequences of overexpression of metal-homeostasis genes

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Antosiewicz, Danuta M ^a   Barabasz, Anna ^a   Siemianowski, Oskar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cadmium (Cd); Heavy metal; Hyperaccumulation; Nickel (Ni); Overexpression; Plant transformation; Zinc (Zn)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901004456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00080     Document Type: Review

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