Tocopherol is the scavenger of singlet oxygen produced by the triplet states of chlorophyll in the PSII reaction centre

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1677-1684

  Krieger Liszkay, Anja ^a,c   Trebst, Achim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Photosystem II; ROS; Singlet oxygen; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

PHOTOSYSTEM II; ROS; SINGLET OXYGEN; TOCOPHEROL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIOXIDANT; CHLOROPHYLL; SINGLET OXYGEN; TOCOPHEROL;

CHLOROPLAST; CONFERENCE PAPER; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLET OXYGEN; TOCOPHEROLS;

EID: 33745606024     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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