Thermodynamics of the water permeability of plant cuticles: Characterization of the polar pathway

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2937-2942

  Riederer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Cuticle; Permeability; Polysaccharides; Temperature dependence; Thermodynamics; Water

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFUSION; POLYSACCHARIDES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

CUTICLES; POLAR PATHWAYS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER PERMEABILITY;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

EID: 33749007669     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl053     Document Type: Article

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