Zinc tolerance induced by iron 1 reveals the importance of glutathione in the cross-homeostasis between zinc and iron in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1006-1017

  Shanmugam, Varanavasiappan ^a,b   Tsednee, Munkhtsetseg ^a,b   Yeh, Kuo Chen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine synthetase; Arabidopsis thaliana; glutathione; iron; phytochelatin; zinc tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GLUTATHIONES; PHYTOCHELATINS; SYNTHETASES; ZINC TOLERANCE;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IRON; PEPTIDES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRACE ELEMENTS;

ZINC;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GSH1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; IRON; PHYTOCHELATIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT CHROMOSOME; POINT MUTATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHELATINS; PLANT SHOOTS; POINT MUTATION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84859162265     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04850.x     Document Type: Article

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