Significance of Glutathione to Plant Adaptation to the Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grill, Dieter (Editor), Tausz, Michael (Editor), Kok, Luit J. De (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2001.
• Series: Plant Ecophysiology, 2
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Plant ecology.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Ecology.

Glutathione is a thiol-containing tripeptide, which appears to be present in nearly all living organisms and which is involved in many important metabolic and physiological processes. The present volume focuses on the biological significance of glutathione in plants. The biochemistry and the metabol...