The Arabidopsis aba4-1 mutant reveals a specific function for neoxanthin in protection against photooxidative stress

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1048-1064

  Dall'Osto, Luca ^a   Cazzaniga, Stefano ^a   North, Helen ^b   Marion Poll, Annie ^b   Bassia, Roberto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; PROTEINS;

PHOTOOXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSENSITIZER AGENTS; XANTHOPHYLL SPECIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 34250767369     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.049114     Document Type: Article

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