Are plant endogenous factors like ethylene modulators of the early oxidative stress induced by mercury?

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Montero Palmero, M Belén ^a,b   Ortega Villasante, Cristina ^a   Escobar, Carolina ^b   Hernández, Luis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Homeostasis; Hormones; Mercury; Oxidative stress; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922384471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2014.00034     Document Type: Short Survey

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