Iron and reactive oxygen in wheat-pathogen interactions
Iron is an essential component of various proteins and pigments for both plants and pathogenic fungi. However, redox cycling between the ferric and ferrous forms of iron can also catalyse the production of dangerous free radicals and iron homeostasis is therefore tightly regulated. During pathogen a...
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University of Saskatchewan
2007
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| Online Access: | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-07232007-105608/ |