Posttranscriptional induction of two Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase genes in Arabidopsis is mediated by downregulation of miR398 and important for oxidative stress tolerance

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2051-2065

  Sunkar, Ramanjulu ^a   Kapoor, Avnish ^a   Zhu, Jian Kang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; HEAVY METALS; RNA;

CU/ZN SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASES; MRNA CLEAVAGE; OXIDATIVE STRESS TOLERANCE; SUPEROXIDE RADICALS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES; HEAVY METALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOTIDES; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33747505089     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.041673     Document Type: Article

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