Selenium toxicity and accumulation in selected plants, selenium speciation, and possible incorporation of selenium into proteins using plant tissue culture and proteomics

Project Member(s): Cortie, M.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING)

Start year: 2015

Summary: The uptake of selenium into selected plant species will be determined using a suitable radioisotope of that element. The work will be performed at ANSTO and is subject to their OHS procedures etc.

Keywords: materials

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