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Decrease in Activity of Glutathione Reductase Enhances Paraquat Sensitivity in Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum
M. Aono1, H. Saji, K. Fujiyama
1Environmental Biology Division (M.A., K.T.), and Regional Environment Division (H.S., N.K.), National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, 305 Japan.
Plant Physiology
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
Transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv SR1) with decreased activity of glutathione reductase exhibited enhanced sensitivity to paraquat in the light as evaluated by chlorophyll destruction and electrolyte leakage from leaf discs. This result indicates the involvement of glutathione reductase in the tolerance of plants to photooxidative stress caused by the herbicide.

