Cadmium resistance in tobacco plants expressing the MuSI gene
MuSI, a gene that corresponds to a domain that contains the rubber elongation factor (REF), is highly homologous to many stress-related proteins in plants. Since MuSI is up-regulated in the roots of plants treated with cadmium or copper, the involvement of MuSI in cadmium tolerance was investigated...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Japan
2011
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3191292/ |