Localisation of glutathione and homoglutathione in Medicago truncatula is correlated to a differential expression of genes involved in their synthesis

Plant Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-219

  Frendo, Pierre ^c   Gallesi, Daniela ^a,c   Turnbull, Ruth ^b,c   Van De Sype, Ghislaine ^c   Hérouart, Didier ^c   Puppo, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOGLUTATHIONE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 0033029405     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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