Many rivers to cross: The journey of zinc from soil to seed

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Olsen, Lene I ^a,b   Palmgren, Michael G ^a,b  

^a DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apoplastic barrier; Nicotianamine; Plants; Seeds; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901042001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00030     Document Type: Review

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