Cyanide action in plants - From toxic to regulatory

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 483-497

  Siegień, Irena ^a   Bogatek, Renata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

cyanoalanine synthase; Cell signaling; Cyanogenesis; Ethylene; HCN; Nitrate reductase; ROS; Seed germination; Signal transduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751282207     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02706632     Document Type: Article

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