Up-regulation of the mitochondrial alternative oxidase pathway enhances photosynthetic electron transport under drought conditions

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 415, 2005, Pages 1269-1276

  Bartoli, Carlos G ^a   Gomez, Facundo ^a   Gergoff, Gustavo ^a   Guiamét, Juan J ^a   Puntarulo, Susana ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Drought; Photoprotection; Respiration; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTONS; QUENCHING; WATER;

ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE (AOX); PHOTOSYSTEM II; QUANTUM YIELD; WHEAT LEAVES;

ENZYMES;

ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; CHLOROPHYLL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; DISASTER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; WHEAT;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIA; NATURAL DISASTERS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; TRITICUM;

ELECTRONS; ENZYMES; LEAVES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTONS; WATER; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 18444411338     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri111     Document Type: Article

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