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Quinone oxidoreductase message levels are differentially regulated in parasitic and non-parasitic plants exposed to allelopathic quinones.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2001
Matvienko M, Wojtowicz A, Wrobel R, Jamison D, Goldwasser Y, Yoder J I
Abstract excerpt
Allelopathic chemicals released by plants into the rhizosphere have effects on neighboring plants ranging from phytoxicity to inducing organogenesis. The allelopathic activity of naturally occurring quinones and phenols is primarily a function of reactive radicals generated during redox cycling between quinone and hydroquinone states. We isolated cDNAs encoding two distinct quinone oxidoreductases from roots of...
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