Comprehensive Transcriptome Analysis of Response to Nickel Stress in White Birch (Betula papyrifera).

White birch (Betula papyrifera) is a dominant tree species of the Boreal Forest. Recent studies have shown that it is fairly resistant to heavy metal contamination, specifically to nickel. Knowledge of regulation of genes associated with metal resistance in higher plants is very sketchy. Availabilit...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Theriault, Paul Michael, Kabwe Nkongolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4833294?pdf=render