Fructans and freezing tolerance

New Phytologist

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 708-709

  Crafts Brandner, Steven J ^a  

^a U S WATER CONSERVATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

6 ketose exohydrolase; Apoplast; Freezing tolerance; Fructan; Solute transport; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

FRUCTAN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ADAPTATION; FREEZING; METABOLISM; NOTE; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; FREEZING; FRUCTANS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

EID: 19344365188     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01421.x     Document Type: Note

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