Life-cycle chronic gamma exposure of Arabidopsis thaliana induces growth effects but no discernable effects on oxidative stress pathways

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 778-786

  Vandenhove, Hildegarde ^a   Vanhoudt, Nathalie ^a   Cuypers, Ann ^b   van Hees, May ^a   Wannijn, Jean ^a   Horemans, Nele ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Chronic gamma exposure; Oxidative stress response

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77955657974     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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