Aberration of mitosis by hexavalent chromium in some Fabaceae members is mediated by species-specific microtubule disruption

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 7590-7599

  Eleftheriou, Eleftherios P ^a   Michalopoulou, Vasiliki A ^a   Adamakis, Ioannis Dimosthenis S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberration; Fabaceae; Hexavalent chromium; Mitotic microtubule arrays disruption; Species specific toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION;

CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FABACEAE; MERISTEM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHROMIUM; FABACEAE; MERISTEM; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84938689241     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3880-x     Document Type: Article

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