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Modulation of anti-oxidation ability by proanthocyanidins during germination of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds.
Molecular plant - 1 Mar 2012
Jia Li-Guo, Sheng Zi-Wei, Xu Wei-Feng, Li Ying-Xuan, Liu Ying-Gao, Xia Yi-Ji, Zhang Jian-Hua
Abstract excerpt
Proanthocyanidins (PAs) as the end products of flavonoid biosynthetic pathway mainly accumulate in seed coat but their biological function is largely unknown. We studied the anti-oxidation ability in seed coat and germination changes under externally applied oxidative stresses in PAs-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis. Germination of PAs-deficient mutant seeds was faster than that of wild-type under low or no...
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