Function of phytochelatin synthase in catabolism of glutathione-conjugates

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 740-749

  Blum, Ralph ^a   Beck, Andreas ^a,b   Korte, Arthur ^a   Stengel, Anna ^a   Letzel, Thomas ^a   Lendzian, Klaus ^a   Grill, Erwin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Detoxification; GSH; Heavy metal; Herbicide; Xenobiotic

Indexed keywords

DETOXIFICATION; ENZYMES; HEAVY METALS;

ABIOTIC STRESS; GLUTATHIONE (GSH); XENOBIOTIC;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DETOXICATION; ENZYMES; HEAVY METALS; HERBICIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33846903876     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02993.x     Document Type: Article

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