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Tocopherols protect Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 from lipid peroxidation.
Plant physiology - 1 Jul 2005
Maeda Hiroshi, Sakuragi Yumiko, Bryant Donald A, Dellapenna Dean
Abstract excerpt
Tocopherols (vitamin E) are lipid-soluble antioxidants synthesized only by photosynthetic eukaryotes and some cyanobacteria, and have been assumed to play important roles in protecting photosynthetic membranes from oxidative stress. To test this hypothesis, tocopherol-deficient mutants of Synecho...
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