title: [Functional roles of the plant superoxide dismutase].
abstract: Superoxide Dismutases (SODs) are ubiquitously expressed antioxidant enzyme in aerobic organisms and catalyze dismutation of superoxide anion to hydrogen and molecular oxygen, the first step in active oxygen-scavenging systems. SODs play a central role in protecting cells against the toxic effects of reactive oxygen species generated during normal cellular metabolic activity or as a result of various environmental stresses. This paper reviews the expression and regulation of Sod genes and their functional role(s) during development and in response to stresses.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Developmental Biology, Department of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: Xu-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Da-Hai
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Zhu