Expression of Vitreoscilla haemoglobin in tobacco cell cultures relieves nitrosative stress in vivo and protects from NO in vitro

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-231

  Frey, Alexander D ^a   Oberlet, Bettina T ^a,b   Farrés, Judith ^a   Kallio, Pauli T ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aconitase; Nicotiana tabacum; Nitrosative stress; Subcellular targeting; Vitreoscilla haemoglobin (VHb)

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VITREOSCILLA;

EID: 10644248642     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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