Specific mechanisms of tolerance to copper and cadmium are compromised by a limited concentration of glutathione in alfalfa plants

Plant Science

Volumn 233, Issue , 2015, Pages 165-173

  Flores Cáceres, María Laura ^a,b   Hattab, Sabrine ^a,c,d   Hattab, Sarra ^a,c   Boussetta, Hamadi ^c,d   Banni, Mohammed ^c,d   Hernández, Luis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^c Ecole Superieure d'Horticulture et d'Elevage de Chott Mariem   (Tunisia)

^d Centre Regional de Recherches en Horticulture et Agriculture Biologique Chott Mariem   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Cadmium; Copper; Glutathione; Oxidative stress; Phytochelatins

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

ANTIOXIDANT; CADMIUM; COPPER; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOGLUTATHIONE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ALFALFA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CADMIUM; COPPER; GLUTATHIONE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84922373172     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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