Arabidopsis sulfurtransferases: Investigation of their function during senescence and in cyanide detoxification

Planta

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Meyer, Tanja ^a   Burow, Meike ^a   Bauer, Michael ^a   Papenbrock, Jutta ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 Mercaptopyruvate; Arabidopsis; Cyanide detoxification; Ethylene; Jasmonate; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME KINETICS; GROWTH KINETICS; PROTEINS; RNA;

SENESCENCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0038610902     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0964-5     Document Type: Article

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