The alternative oxidase of plant mitochondria is involved in the acclimation of shoot growth at low temperature. A study of Arabidopsis AOX1a transgenic plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1795-1805

  Fiorani, Fabio ^a,b   Umbach, Ann L ^a   Siedow, James N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE; VEGETATION;

ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE (AOX); ARABIDOPSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SHOOT ANTHOCYANIN;

ENZYMES;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ENZYMES; GROWTH; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPES; PLANT TISSUES; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; ANTHOCYANIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT DNA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COLD; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLD; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 33645013937     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.070789     Document Type: Article

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