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Role Of Heme Oxygenase In Modulating Expression Of Ros-Regulatory Enzymes In Medicago Truncatula, Parna Ghosh
Role Of Heme Oxygenase In Modulating Expression Of Ros-Regulatory Enzymes In Medicago Truncatula, Parna Ghosh
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Heme Oxygenase (HO) is an enzyme universally found in animals, plants and microbes. In plants, the role of heme oxygenase in the synthesis of the phytochrome chromophore is well recognized and has been extensively studied; however its role in regulating reactive oxygen species (ROS) in plants is just beginning to be explored, particularly in legumes. Legumes interact with Rhizobium bacteria to form symbiotic nitrogen fixing nodules. ROS plays an important role in the development of roots as well as symbiotic nodules. In the model legume Medicago truncatula, ROS in the root is regulated in part by the LATD/NIP gene. …