University of Helsinki

PhD Student Eija Virolainen-Arne

Eija.Virolainen(at)helsinki.fi

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Plant Biology, Biocenter 3, P.O. Box 65, Viikinkaari 1
SF - 00014 HELSINKI UNIVERSITY

tel: + 358 (0) 191 57 777

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I started my PhD studies in March 2000. Plant mitochondria and their role in plants experiencing oxygen deprivation stress has been the focus of my studies, and mitochondria isolated from roots of wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum) , and two iris species, garden iris (Iris germanica) and yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) have been the plant material of my PhD studies from the beginning. During the last years I have been studying the function and regulation of the mitochondrial F₁F_o-ATPase under oxygen deprivation stress.

Selected Publications

Blokhina O.B., Virolainen E., Fagerstedt K.V., Hoikkala A., Wähälä K., Chirkova T.V. 2000: Antioxidant status of anoxia-tolerant and -intolerant plant species under anoxia and reaeration. Physiologia Plantarum 109: 396-403.

Virolainen E., Blokhina O., Fagerstedt K. 2002: Ca2+-induced high amplitude swelling and cytochrome c release from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) mitochondria under anoxic stress. Annals of Botany 90: 509-516.

Blokhina O., Virolainen E., Fagerstedt K.V. 2003: Antioxidants, oxidative damage and oxygen deprivation stress: a review. Annals of Botany 91: 179-194.

Blokhina O., Haansuu J.P., Virolainen E., Vuorela P., Haahtela K., Fagerstedt K. 2004: Frankia-derived antibiotic Demethyl (C-11) Cezomycin, (DC-11C), and its mechanism of inhibition of Ca2+ transport in plant mitochondria. Symbiosis 36: 245-255.