The Water-Water Cycle Is Essential for Chloroplast Protection in the Absence of Stress
Description:
Article showing that knockdown Arabidopsis plants with suppressed expression of the key water-water cycle enzyme, thylakoid-attached copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (KD-SOD), are suppressed in their growth and development. This article provides e genetic evidence for the importance of the water-water cycle in protecting the photosynthetic apparatus of higher plants from photooxidative damage.
Date:
October 3, 2003
Creator:
Rizhsky, Ludmila; Liang, Hongjian & Mittler, Ron
Partner:
UNT College of Science