Compartment specific importance of glutathione during abiotic and biotic stress

The tripeptide thiol glutathione (γ-L-glutamyl-L-cysteinyl-glycine) is the most important sulfur containing antioxidant in plants and essential for plant defense against abiotic and biotic stress conditions. It is involved in the detoxification of reactive oxygen species, redox signaling, the modula...

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Main Author: Bernd eZechmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00566/full