Caenorhabditis elegans expresses a functional phytochelatin synthase
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- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 268 (13) , 3640-3643
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02293.x
Abstract
The formation of phytochelatins, small metal-binding glutathione-derived peptides, is one of the well-studied responses of plants to toxic metal exposure. Phytochelatins have also been detected in so...Keywords
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