Properties of proteins and the glassy matrix in maturation-defective mutant seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-143

  Wolkers, Willem F ^a   Alberda, Mark ^a   Koornneef, Maarten ^a   Léon Kloosterziel, Karen M ^a   Hoekstra, Folkert A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; DENATURATION; DESICCATION; DRYING; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATURATION; MUTANT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATES; GENOTYPE; HEAT; LIPIDS; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEEDS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 0032191273     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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