Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway and Stress Tolerance in Plants

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Regulatory Role of Components of Ascorbate–Glutathione Pathway in Plant Stress Tolerance

   • Dariusz Latowski, Ewa Surówka, Kazimierz Strzałka

   Pages 1-53

3. Ascorbate and Glutathione in Organogenesis, Regeneration and Differentiation in Plant In vitro Cultures

   • Jarosław Tyburski, Andrzej Tretyn

   Pages 55-90

4. Role of Ascorbate Peroxidase and Glutathione Reductase in Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle and Stress Tolerance in Plants

   • Cai-Hong Pang, Bao-Shan Wang

   Pages 91-113

5. The Ascorbate–Gluathione Cycle and Related Redox Signals in Plant–Pathogen Interactions

   • Elżbieta Kuźniak

   Pages 115-136

6. Regulation of the Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle in Plants Under Drought Stress

   • Adriano Sofo, Nunzia Cicco, Margherita Paraggio, Antonio Scopa

   Pages 137-189

7. Glutathione and Herbicide Resistance in Plants

   • Zornitsa Ivanova Katerova, Lyuba Petar-Emil Miteva

   Pages 191-207

8. Ascorbate and Glutathione: Protectors of Plants in Oxidative Stress

   • Qaisar Mahmood, Raza Ahmad, Sang-Soo Kwak, Audil Rashid, Naser A. Anjum

   Pages 209-229

9. Changes in the Glutathione and Ascorbate Redox State Trigger Growth During Embryo Development and Meristem Reactivation at Germination

   • Claudio Stasolla

   Pages 231-249

10. A Winning Two Pair: Role of the Redox Pairs AsA/DHA and GSH/GSSG in Signal Transduction

    • Günce Şahin, Mario C. De Tullio

    Pages 251-263

11. Involvement of AsA/DHA and GSH/GSSG Ratios in Gene and Protein Expression and in the Activation of Defence Mechanisms Under Abiotic Stress Conditions

    • Vasileios Fotopoulos, Vasileios Ziogas, Georgia Tanou, Athanassios Molassiotis

    Pages 265-302

12. Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle: Enzymatic and Non-enzymatic Integrated Mechanisms and Its Biomolecular Regulation

    • Juan Pablo Martínez, Héctor Araya

    Pages 303-322

13. Coordinate Role of Ascorbate–Glutathione in Response to Abiotic Stresses

    • Imran Haider Shamsi, Sisi Jiang, Nazim Hussain, Xianyong Lin, Lixi Jiang

    Pages 323-336

14. Regulation of Genes Encoding Chloroplast Antioxidant Enzymes in Comparison to Regulation of the Extra-plastidic Antioxidant Defense System

    • Margarete Baier, Nicola T. Pitsch, Marina Mellenthin, Wei Guo

    Pages 337-386

15. The Peroxisomal Ascorbate–Glutathione Pathway: Molecular Identification and Insights into Its Essential Role Under Environmental Stress Conditions

    • Sigrun Reumann, Francisco J. Corpas

    Pages 387-404

16. Identification of Potential Gene Targets for the Improvement of Ascorbate Contents of Genetically Modified Plants

    • Adebanjo A. Badejo, Muneharu Esaka

    Pages 405-428

17. Back Matter

    Pages 429-443

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Plants are sessile organisms that live under a constant barrage of biotic and abiotic insults. Both biotic and abiotic stress factors have been shown to affect various aspects of plant system including the acceleration in the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The ascorbate (AsA)-glutathione (GSH) pathway is a key part of the network of reactions involving enzymes and metabolites with redox properties for the detoxification of ROS, and thus to avert the ROS-accrued oxidative damage in plants. The present book mainly deals with the information gained through the cross-talks and inter-relationship studies on the physiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of the cumulative response of various components of AsA-GSH pathway to stress factors and their significance in plant stress tolerance.

• Chloroplast
• Embryo
• Expression
• Pathogen
• Protein
• enzymes
• regulation

• Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Sinshih, Tainan, Taiwan R.O.C.

  Naser A. Anjum, Ming-Tsair Chan

• Dept. Botany, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India

  Shahid Umar

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