Modulation of antioxidant machinery in α-tocopherol-enriched transgenic Brassica juncea plants tolerant to abiotic stress conditions

Protoplasma

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1079-1089

  Kumar, Deepak ^a,b   Yusuf, Mohd Aslam ^a   Singh, Preeti ^a   Sardar, Meryam ^b   Sarin, Neera Bhalla ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Antioxidant; Brassica juncea; Tocopherol; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA JUNCEA;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSTARD; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; MUSTARD PLANT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884902130     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-013-0484-0     Document Type: Article

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