Thiol-based redox signaling in the nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Frendo, Pierre ^a,b,c   Matamoros, Manuel A ^d   Alloing, Geneviève ^a,b,c   Becana, Manuel ^d  

^a Institut Sophia Agrobiotech   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

(homo)glutathione; Legume nodules; Reactive nitrogen species; Reactive oxygen species; Redox regulation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900873859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00376     Document Type: Article

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