Freezing sensitivity in the sfr4 mutant of Arabidopsis is due to low sugar content and is manifested by loss of osmotic responsiveness

Plant Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1800-1807

  Uemura, Matsuo ^a,b   Warren, Gareth ^c   Steponkus, Peter L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FREEZING; OSMOSIS; SOLUBILITY; SUGARS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PROTOPLASTS;

MUTAGENESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0344080484     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.013227     Document Type: Article

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