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

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry - Tập 70 - Trang 204-212 - 2013
Sarvajeet Singh Gill1, Naser A. Anjum2, Mirza Hasanuzzaman3, Ritu Gill1, Dipesh Kumar Trivedi4, Iqbal Ahmad5,2, Eduarda Pereira2, Narendra Tuteja4
1Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab, Centre for Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, MD University, Rohtak 124 001, India
2CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
3Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
4Plant Molecular Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
5CESAM—Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

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