Glucosylglycerol, a compatible solute, sustains cell division under salt stress

Plant Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1628-1637

  Ferjani, Ali ^a,b   Mustardy, Laszlo ^c   Sulpice, Ronan ^a   Marin, Kay ^d   Suzuki, Iwane ^a,b   Hagemann, Martin ^d   Murata, Norio ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; SALTS;

CELL DIVISION;

CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0345373835     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.017277     Document Type: Article

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