Hydrogen peroxide functions as a stress signal in plants

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Hung, Shu Hsien ^a   Yu, Chih Wen ^a   Lin, Chin Ho ^b  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental stresses; Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2); Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Stress signal

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944278570     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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