Delayed senescence of apple leaves by exogenous melatonin treatment: Toward regulating the ascorbate-glutathione cycle

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-20

  Wang, Ping ^a   Yin, Lihua ^a   Liang, Dong ^a   Li, Chao ^a   Ma, Fengwang ^a   Yue, Zhiyong ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apple; Ascorbate glutathione cycle; Chlorophyll degradation; Leaf senescence; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHYLL; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONODEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; PHEIDE A OXYGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SAG12 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APPLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEAF SENESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REDUCTION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASES; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL AGING; CHLOROPHYLL; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALUS; MELATONIN; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84855906118     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2011.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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