Glutathione and glutathione reductase: A boon in disguise for plant abiotic stress defense operations

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 204-212

  Gill, Sarvajeet Singh ^a   Anjum, Naser A ^b   Hasanuzzaman, Mirza ^c   Gill, Ritu ^a   Trivedi, Dipesh Kumar ^d   Ahmad, Iqbal ^b   Pereira, Eduarda ^b   Tuteja, Narendra ^d  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c SHER E BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Glutathione reductase; Reactive oxygen species; Redox regulation; Signaling

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ADAPTATION; CROP; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT CELL; PLANT DISEASE; REDOX REGULATION; REVIEW; SIGNALING;

ABIOTIC STRESS; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REDOX REGULATION; SIGNALING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT CELLS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84879565653     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.05.032     Document Type: Review

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