γ-Hydroxybutyrate accumulation in Arabidopsis and tobacco plants is a general response to abiotic stress: Putative regulation by redox balance and glyoxylate reductase isoforms

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2555-2564

  Allan, Wendy L ^a   Simpson, Jeffrey P ^a   Clark, Shawn M ^a   Shelp, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

hydroxybutyrate; Abiotic stress; Aldehyde detoxification; Glyoxylate reductase; Redox homeostasis; Succinic semialdehyde reductase

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; GLYOXYLATE REDUCTASE; ISOPROTEIN; OXYBATE SODIUM; PYRIDINE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PYRIDINES; SODIUM OXYBATE; TOBACCO;

EID: 48649091917     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern122     Document Type: Article

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