Gene expression, protein function and pathways of arabidopsis thaliana responding to silver nanoparticles in comparison to silver ions, cold, salt, drought, and heat

Nanomaterials

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 436-467

  Kohan Baghkheirati, Eisa ^a,b   Geisler Lee, Jane ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; Arabidopsis thaliana; Gene expression; Pathways; Protein functions; Silver ions; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937567062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano5020436     Document Type: Article

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