Chilling sensitivity in plants and cyanobacteria: The crucial contribution of membrane lipids

Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 541-568

  Nishida, I ^a   Murata, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyl lipid desaturase; Genetic manipulation; Glycerol 3 phosphate acyltransferase; Lipid molecular species; Photoinhibition

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0001676540     PISSN: 10402519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.47.1.541     Document Type: Article

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