Glutathione, photosynthesis and the redox regulation of stress-responsive gene expression

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 459-474

  Mullineaux, Philip M ^a   Rausch, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Glutathione; Pathogens; Photosynthesis; Redox regulation of gene expression; Signalling

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTATHIONE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 29944447039     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-8811-8     Document Type: Review

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