Date of Award
12-14-2009
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
First Advisor
Dr. Michael Shin
Second Advisor
Dr. Richard Schaeffer
Abstract
Many heavy metals, including nickel, are vitally important to plant species at very low concentrations in the environment, but become quite toxic when present in higher concentrations (Kovalchuk et al. 2001). Nickel is vital in small amounts to plants because it is used in some enzymatic reactions as a co-factor (Mizuno et al. 2005). Most notably, nickel is a necessary component of ureases in higher plants and therefore necessary for nitrogen metabolism (Brown et al. 1990).
Recommended Citation
Fickett, Gabriel Mark, "Environmental Nickel and Arabidopsis thaliana: Accumulation, Localization, and the Effect of Propagation on a Nickel-Free Medium" (2009). Honors Projects and Presentations: Undergraduate. 95.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/honors/95
