Comparison of freezing tolerance, compatible solutes and polyamines in geographically diverse collections of Thellungiella sp. and Arabidopsis thaliana accessions

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lee, Yang P ^a   Babakov, Alexei ^b   de Boer, Bert ^c   Zuther, Ellen ^a   Hincha, Dirk K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ALL RUSSIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cold acclimation; Compatible solutes; Freezing tolerance; Natural variation; Polyamines; Thellungiella salsuginea

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; THELLUNGIELLA; THELLUNGIELLA SALSUGINEA;

CARBOHYDRATE; POLYAMINE; PROLINE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTYPE; FREEZING; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICACEAE; CARBOHYDRATES; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOTYPE; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAVES; POLYAMINES; PROLINE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864515495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-131     Document Type: Article

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