Essential role of glutathione in acclimation to environmental and redox perturbations in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Plant Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1672-1685

  Cameron, Jeffrey C ^a   Pakrasi, Himadri B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 78649762173     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.162990     Document Type: Article

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