Soybeans Grown in the Chernobyl Area Produce Fertile Seeds that Have Increased Heavy Metal Resistance and Modified Carbon Metabolism

Katarína Klubicová; Maksym Danchenko; Ludovit Skultety; Valentyna V. Berezhna; Lubica Uvackova; Namik M. Rashydov; Martin Hajduch

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048169

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Soybeans Grown in the Chernobyl Area Produce Fertile Seeds that Have Increased Heavy Metal Resistance and Modified Carbon Metabolism

Katarína Klubicová,

Affiliation Department of Reproduction and Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia
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Maksym Danchenko,

Affiliations Department of Reproduction and Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia, Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Ludovit Skultety,

Affiliations Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, Center for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Valentyna V. Berezhna,

Affiliation Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Lubica Uvackova,

Affiliation Department of Reproduction and Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia
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Namik M. Rashydov,

Affiliation Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Martin Hajduch

* E-mail: hajduch@savba.sk

Affiliations Department of Reproduction and Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia, Institute of Chemistry, Centre of Excellence for White-Green Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovak Republic
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Soybeans Grown in the Chernobyl Area Produce Fertile Seeds that Have Increased Heavy Metal Resistance and Modified Carbon Metabolism

Katarína Klubicová,
Maksym Danchenko,
Ludovit Skultety,
Valentyna V. Berezhna,
Lubica Uvackova,
Namik M. Rashydov,
Martin Hajduch

Published: October 26, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048169

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