Plastochromanol-8 and tocopherols are essential lipid-soluble antioxidants during seed desiccation and quiescence in Arabidopsis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 17815-17820

  Mène Saffrané, Laurent ^a   Jones, A Daniel ^a,b   DellaPenna, Dean ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipid oxidation; Seed longevity; Spermatophyte; Tocochromanol; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIMETHYL 6 PHYTYL 1,4 BENZOQUINOL; PLASTOCHROMANOL 8; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DESICCATION; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID OXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED DEVELOPMENT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEEDS; TOCOPHEROLS; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 78049261567     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006971107     Document Type: Article

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