Regulatory role of components of ascorbate-glutathione pathway in plant stress tolerance

Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway and Stress Tolerance in Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-53

  Latowski, Dariusz ^a   Surówka, Ewa ^b   Strzałka, Kazimierz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b THE FRANCISZEK GÓRSKI INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant compartmentalisation; Ascorbate; Cellular redox state; Defence mechanisms; Glutathione; Signal transduction pathways; Stress tolerance; Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054104548     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9404-9_1     Document Type: Chapter

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