The role of hydrogen bonding in the cuticular wax of Hordeum vulgare L.

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-201

  Reynhardt, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Cuticular wax; Hydrogen bonding; Structure

Indexed keywords

WAX;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CALORIMETRY; CUTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030870996     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050071     Document Type: Article

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