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Plant tolerance to excess light energy and photooxidative damage relies on plastoquinone biosynthesis

Plastoquinone-9 is known as a photosynthetic electron carrier to which has also been attributed a role in the regulation of gene expression and enzyme activities via its redox state. Here, we show that it acts also as an antioxidant in plant leaves, playing a central photoprotective role. When Arabi...

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Autores principales: Ksas, Brigitte, Becuwe, Noëlle, Chevalier, Anne, Havaux, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26039552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep10919