Evidence for a role of raffinose in stabilizing photosystem II during freeze-thaw cycles

Planta

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 477-486

  Knaupp, Markus ^a   Mishra, Kumud B ^b   Nedbal, Ladislav ^b   Heyer, Arnd G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Czechglobe Global Change Research Centre AS CR vvi   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Cold tolerance; Freezing damage; Raffinose

Indexed keywords

RAFFINOSE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COLD; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; RAFFINOSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 80052058127     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1413-0     Document Type: Article

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