Molecular and physiological strategies to increase aluminum resistance in plants

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2069-2079

  Inostroza Blancheteau, Claudio ^a   Renge, Zed ^b   Alberdi, Miren ^a   De La Luz Mora, María ^a   Aquea, Felipe ^c   Arce Johnson, Patricio ^c   Reyes Díaz, Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

ALMT1 gene; Aluminum resistance; Antioxidant genes; MATE; Oxidative stress; ROS

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALUMINUM RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; METAL TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GENE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT STRESS; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ALUMINUM; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SOIL;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84863834162     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0954-4     Document Type: Article

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