Frontiers in Plant Science (Oct 2012)

Seeds in Chernobyl: the database on proteome response on radioactive environment

  • Katarína eKlubicová,
  • Martin eVesel,
  • Namik eRashydov,
  • Martin eHajduch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2012.00231
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3

Abstract

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Two serious nuclear accidents during the last quarter century (Chernobyl, 1986; Fukushima 2011) contaminated large agricultural areas with radioactivity. The database Seeds in Chernobyl http://www.chernobylproteomics.sav.sk contains the information about the abundances of hundreds of proteins from on-going investigation of mature and developing seed harvested from plants grown in radioactive Chernobyl area. This database provides a useful source of information concerning the response of the seed proteome to permanently increased level of ionizing radiation in a user-friendly format.

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