Low Temperature Treatments Induce an Increase in the Relative Content of Both Linolenic and Δ3-trans-Hexadecenoic Acids in Thylakoid Membrane Phosphatidylglycerol of Squash Cotyledons

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 611-618

  Xu, Yinong ^a   Siegenthaler, Paul André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chilling temperature; Cucurbita moschata Durch; Development; Linolenic acid; Phosphatidylglycerol; 3 trans hexadecenoic acid

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA MOSCHATA;

EID: 0000204394     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029211     Document Type: Article

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