Double antisense plants lacking ascorbate peroxidase and catalase are less sensitive to oxidative stress than single antisense plants lacking ascorbate peroxidase or catalase

Plant Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 329-342

  Rizhsky, Ludmila ^a   Hallak Herr, Elza ^b   Van Breusegem, Frank ^c   Rachmilevitch, Shimon ^b   Barr, Jason E ^d   Rodermel, Steven ^d   Inzé, Dirk ^a   Mittler, Ron ^d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Ascorbate peroxidase; Catalase; Oxidative stress; Pentose phosphate pathway; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTICITY;

DYNAMIC GENOMES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); CATALASE; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0036845048     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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