The role of glycine in determining the rate of glutathione synthesis in poplar. Possible implications for glutathione production during stress

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-263

  Noctor, Graham ^a   Arisi, Ana Carolina M ^a   Jouanin, Lise ^a   Valadier, Marie Hélène ^a   Roux, Yvette ^a   Foyer, Christine H ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Dept of Environmental Biology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutamylcysteine; Glutamylcysteine synthetase; Glutathione; Glycine; Photorespiration; Populus tremula x P. alba; Transformed poplar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031006790     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000206.x     Document Type: Article

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