An in vivo system involving co-expression of cyanobacterial flavodoxin and ferredoxin-NADP + reductase confers increased tolerance to oxidative stress in plants

FEBS Open Bio

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 7-13

  Giró, Mariana ^a   Ceccoli, Romina D ^a   Poli, Hugo O ^a   Carrillo, Néstor ^a   Lodeyro, Anabella F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Ferredoxin; Ferredoxin NADP + reductase; Flavodoxin; Oxidative stress; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; FLAVODOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGENERATION; THYLAKOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; PLANT;

CYANOBACTERIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84856940039     PISSN: 22115463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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