Desiccation induced changes in osmolytes production and the antioxidative defence in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-68

  Singh, Priyanka ^a   Tiwari, Anupam ^a   Singh, Sureshwar Prasad ^a   Asthana, Ravi Kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Catalase; Oxygen evolution; Peroxidase; Sugars; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

EID: 84872125291     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-012-0145-3     Document Type: Article

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