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Plant metallothioneins.

The Biochemical journal ·Vol. 295 ( Pt 1) ·1993-10-01 ·Pages 1-10

Robinson NJ, Tommey AM, Kuske C, Jackson PJ

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MeSH Terms
Amino Acid Sequence Cadmium/metabolism Copper/metabolism Genes, Plant/genetics Metallothionein/genetics,metabolism Metals/metabolism Molecular Sequence Data Plant Proteins/genetics Plants/genetics Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Zinc/metabolism
Chemicals
Metals Plant Proteins Cadmium Ec protein, Triticum aestivum Copper Metallothionein Zinc
Authors & Affiliations
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Robinson N J
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, U.K.
Tommey A M
Kuske C
Jackson P J
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Article Info
Journal
The Biochemical journal
Abbr.
Biochem J
ISSN
0264-6021
DOI
10.1042/bj2950001
Published
1993-10-01
Pages
1-10
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
2984726R
PMCID
PMC1134811
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1042/bj2950001 PMC Full Text View journal details
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