Low temperature and defoliation affect fructan-metabolizing enzymes in different regions of the rhizophores of Vernonia herbacea

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 165, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1572-1581

  Portes, Maria Teresa ^a   Figueiredo Ribeiro, Rita de Cássia L ^a   de Carvalho, Maria Angela M ^a  

^a Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Cerrado; Defoliation; Fructans; Low temperature; Tolerance to stress

Indexed keywords

1,2 BETA FRUCTAN 1(F) FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; 1,2-BETA-FRUCTAN 1(F)-FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; FRUCTAN; FRUCTAN BETA FRUCTOSIDASE; FRUCTAN BETA-FRUCTOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INULOSUCRASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COLD; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; RHIZOME; VERNONIA;

COLD TEMPERATURE; FRUCTANS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RHIZOME; VERNONIA;

ASTERACEAE; RHIZOPHORA; VERNONIA; VERNONIA HERBACEA;

EID: 49449092494     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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