Plants ectopically expressing the iron-binding protein, ferritin, are tolerant to oxidative damage and pathogens

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 192-196

  Deák, Mária ^a,b   Horváth, Gábor V ^a,b   Davletova, Sholpan ^a   Török, Katalin ^a   Sass, László ^a   Vass, Imre ^a   Barna, Balázs ^a   Király, Zoltán ^a   Dudits, Dénes ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b BAY ZOLTÁN NONPROFIT LTD FOR APPLIED RESEARCH   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Iron; Necrosis; Paraquat; Reactive oxygen species; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FERRITIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FUNGUS; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALTERNARIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BOTRYTIS; DNA PRIMERS; FERRITINS; IRON; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; TOBACCO;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; UNIDENTIFIED TOBACCO NECROSIS VIRUS;

EID: 0344177528     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/6198     Document Type: Article

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