Is there a role for oligosaccharides in seed longevity? An assessment of intracellular glass stability

Plant Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1217-1224

  Buitink, Julia ^a   Hemminga, Marcus A ^a   Hoekstra, Folkert A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SEED; SPIN PROBE; TEMPERATURE;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS WALLERIANA;

EID: 0033996688     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.4.1217     Document Type: Article

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