Manipulation of plant tolerance to herbicides through co-ordinated metabolic engineering of a detoxifying glutathione transferase and thiol cosubstrate

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-420

  Skipsey, Mark ^a   Cummins, Ian ^a   Andrews, Christopher J ^b   Jepson, Ian ^b,c   Edwards, Robert ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diphenyl ether herbicides; Fomesafen; Glutathione conjugation; Homoglutathione; Nicotiana tabacum

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE MAX; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 27744602653     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2005.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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