Xylem conduits of a resurrection plant contain a unique lipid lining and refill following a distinct pattern after desiccation

New Phytologist

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-255

  Wagner, H J ^a   Schneider, H ^a   Mimietz, S ^a   Wistuba, N ^a   Rokitta, M ^a   Krohne, G ^a   Haase, A ^a   Zimmermann, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lipid lining; Myrothamnus flabellifolia; NMR imaging; Polarity of refilling; Resurrection plants; Xylem refilling

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BENZENE; LIPID; RAFFINOSE; WATER;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAVITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT; PLANT STEM; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETONE; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CAPILLARITY; DESICCATION; GRAVITATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS; RAFFINOSE; WATER;

MAMMALIA; MYROTHAMNUS; MYROTHAMNUS FLABELLIFOLIA; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA;

EID: 0033662525     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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