RNA interference-mediated suppression of xanthine dehydrogenase reveals the role of purine metabolism in drought tolerance in Arabidopsis

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1181-1186

  Watanabe, Shunsuke ^a   Nakagawa, Ayami ^a   Izumi, Shunsuke ^a   Shimada, Hiroshi ^a   Sakamoto, Atsushi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Drought stress; Purine metabolism; Reactive oxygen species; Uric acid; Xanthine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PURINE; URATE; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DEATH; DOWN-REGULATION; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PURINES; RNA INTERFERENCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URIC ACID; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77950368806     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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