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Ivan K. Smith

Professor Emeritus

Biochemistry

Porter Hall 307A

740 593 4550

Courses

• BIOL 101 (Principles of Biology), BIOL 101 Quizes

Research Program Summary

Research in this laboratory is principally concerned with the regulation of sulfur metabolism in higher plants and the role of glutathione and glutathione reductase in adaptation to environmental stress.

Selected References

• Vierheller, T.L. and I.K. Smith. 1990. Effect of chilling on glutathione reductase and total glutathione in soybean leaves. In: Rennenberg, H., C. Brunold, L.J. DeKok and I. Stulen (eds.), Sulfur Nutrition and Sulfur Assimilation in Higher Plants, Pp. 261-265. SPB Publishing, The Hague, Netherlands.
• Smith, I.K., A. Polle, and H. Rennenberg. 1990. Glutathione. In: Alscher, R.G. and J.R. Cumming (eds.), Stress Responses in Plants: Adaptation and Acclimation Mechanisms, Pp. 201-215. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.

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