Glutathione homeostasis in plants: Implications for environmental sensing and plant development

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 49, Issue 321, 1998, Pages 649-667

  May, Mike J ^a   Vernoux, Teva ^a   Leaver, Chris ^b   Van Montagu, Marc ^a   Inzé, Dirk ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloning; Glutathione; Mutant; Plant development; Spatial mapping; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031947649     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/49.321.649     Document Type: Review

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