Mechanical stabilization of desiccated vegetative tissues of the resurrection grass Eragrostis nindensis: Does a TIP 3;1 and/or compartmentalization of subcellular components and metabolites play a role?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 397, 2004, Pages 651-661

  Willigen, Clare Vander ^a   Pammenter, N W ^b   Mundree, Sagadevan G ^a   Farrant, Jill M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Desiccation tolerance; Non aqueous fractionation; Water stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; DEHYDRATION; METABOLITES; PROTEINS;

DESICCATED VEGETATIVE TISSUES; EPIDERMAL CELLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; PROLINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; DESICCATION; ERAGROSTIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL FRACTIONATION; DESICCATION; ERAGROSTIS; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROLINE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

ERAGROSTIS; SPOROBOLUS STAPFIANUS;

EID: 1542649571     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh089     Document Type: Article

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