Intracellular glasses and seed survival in the dry state

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 331, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 788-795

  Buitink, Julia ^a   Leprince, Olivier ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b IFR QUASAV 149   (France)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Dry state; Glassy state; Hydrogen bonding; LEA proteins; Longevity; Molecular density; Molecular mobility; Non reducing sugars; Seed; Stability; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR;

CYTOPLASM; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEED; SURVIVAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL MOTION; CYTOPLASM; DESICCATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HYDRATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTRACELLULAR GLASS; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN STABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DESICCATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 52749090421     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.08.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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