The role of phytosterols in plant adaptation to temperature

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-134

  Dufourc, Erick J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Deuterium NMR; Membrane rafts; Regulation of membrane dynamics; Sitosterol; Stigmasterol and glucosylcerebrosides

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 42249095106     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.2.5051     Document Type: Article

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