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Evolution of UV-B regulation and protection in plants
1Lund University, Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund, Sweden.
Advances in Space Research : the Official Journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
|February 11, 2003
Abstract:
Plants have evolved under the influence of UV-B radiation and have acquired systems for monitoring it and investing appropriate resources for protection against it, i.e., filters, quenchers of radicals and reactive oxygen species, and repair systems. An hypothesis for how plants monitor radiation has been presented.