Use of transgenic plants to study antioxidant defenses

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 473-479

  Allen, Randy D ^a   Webb, Robert P ^a   Schake, Sheryl A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ascorbate peroxidase; Free radical; Plant stress tolerance; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBATE OXIDASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

CHLOROPLAST; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; STRESS; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030925516     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(97)00107-X     Document Type: Article

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