Stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco seedlings that overexpress glutathione S-transferase/glutathione peroxidase

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1229-1234

  Roxas, Virginia P ^a,c   Lodhi, Sundus A ^a   Garrett, Daniel K ^b   Mahan, James R ^b   Allen, Randy D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutathione peroxidase; Glutathione S transferase; Seedling growth; Stress tolerance; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MONODEHYDROASCORBATE REDUCTASE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; SEEDLING; STRESS TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0034541507     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcd051     Document Type: Article

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