Water stress induces overexpression of superoxide dismutases that contribute to the protection of cowpea plants against oxidative stress

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1982-1986

  Brou, Yao Casimir ^a   Zézé, Adolphe ^a   Diouf, Omar ^b   Eyletters, Murielle ^c  

^a Institut National Polytechnique Felix Houphouet Boigny   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b Centre d'Etude Regional Pour l'Amelioration de l'Adaptation a la Secheresse (CERAAS)   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Photochemistry; Superoxide dismutase; Vigna unguiculata; Water stress

Indexed keywords

IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; COWPEA; CULTIVAR; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; QUANTUM YIELD; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY;

VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 34548553059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2007.000-2303     Document Type: Article

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