Methylglyoxal: An emerging signaling molecule in plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue September, 2016, Pages

  Hoque, Tahsina S ^a   Hossain, Mohammad A ^a   Mostofa, Mohammad G ^b   Burritt, David J ^c   Fujita, Masayuki ^d   Tran, Lam Son P ^e,f  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^f RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Glyoxalases; Methylglyoxal; Reactive oxygen species; Signaling crosstalk; Stress tolerance mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988606133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01341     Document Type: Review

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