The role of ultraviolet radiation, photosensitizers, reactive oxygen species and ester groups in mechanisms of methane formation from pectin

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Messenger, David J ^a   McLeod, Andy R ^a   Fry, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetyl esters; CH4; Homogalacturonan methyl ester; Hydroxyl radical; Pectic polysaccharides; Plant cell walls; ROS; Singlet oxygen; UV

Indexed keywords

ESTER; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANE; PECTIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLYGALACTURONIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER;

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTER; ETHANOL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHANE; OXIC CONDITIONS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PLANT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ESTERS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANE; PECTINS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PLANTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 57249086408     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01892.x     Document Type: Article

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