Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy Detects Changes in Protein Secondary Structure Associated with Desiccation Tolerance in Developing Maize Embryos

Plant Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1169-1177

  Wolkers, Willem F ^a   Bochicchio, Adriana ^b   Selvaggi, Giuseppe ^b   Hoekstra, Folkert A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dipto Agronom e Produzioni Erbacee   (Italy)

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EID: 0001427523     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.3.1169     Document Type: Article

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