Rising from the sea: Correlations between sulfated polysaccharides and salinity in plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Aquino, Rafael S ^a   Grativol, Clicia ^a   Mourão, Paulo A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE SULFATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GALACTAN; INORGANIC SALT; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEA WATER; SULFATE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HALOPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STRESS; RICE; RUPPIA MARITIMA; SALINITY; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SULFATION; ADAPTATION; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA; RUPPIA MARITIMA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL WALL; GALACTANS; PLANTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SALTS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFATES;

EID: 79955748482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018862     Document Type: Article

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