The concentration of cryoprotective lectins in mistletoe (Viscum album L.) leaves is correlated with leaf frost hardiness

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 140-144

  Hincha, Dirk K ^a   Pfüller, Uwe ^b   Schmitt, Jürgen M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryoprotection; Frost hardiness; Lectin; Spinacia; Thylakoid; Viscum

Indexed keywords

VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 1842370255     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050175     Document Type: Article

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