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Glutathione Transferase from Trichoderma virens Enhances Cadmium Tolerance without Enhancing Its Accumulation in Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum

BACKGROUND: Cadmium (Cd) is a major heavy metal pollutant which is highly toxic to plants and animals. Vast agricultural areas worldwide are contaminated with Cd. Plants take up Cd and through the food chain it reaches humans and causes toxicity. It is ideal to develop plants tolerant to Cd, without...

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Main Authors: Dixit, Prachy, Mukherjee, Prasun K., Ramachandran, V., Eapen, Susan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3024989/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21283689
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016360
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