Cytoplasmic vitrification and survival of anhydrobiotic organisms

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-333

  Sun, Wendell Q ^a   Leopold, A Carl ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

anhydrobiosis; carbohydrate crystallization; dehydration; desiccation tolerance; dry organism; free radical; glass transition; phase separation; seed longevity

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FREE RADICAL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031195261     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00271-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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