Onyemaechi Daniel Nweke

Molecular Identification of Partial 189-bp Phytochelatin Synthase (PCS1) Gene from Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms

Cornelius Tochukwu Nwankwo, Victoria Moltong Yilwa, Yunusa Yusuf Pai, Haliru Musa, Onyemaechi Daniel Nweke & Kingsley Onyekachi Moh · Asian Journal of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · 2026

Phytochelatins are glutathione-derived peptides involved in heavy-metal chelation and sequestration in plants. This study aimed to molecularly identify the phytochelatin synthase 1 (PCS1) gene in Eichhornia crassipes collected from the heavy-metal-contaminated Panteka stream in K...