Comparative metabolic profiling between desiccation-sensitive and desiccation-tolerant species of Selaginella reveals insights into the resurrection trait

Plant Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 983-999

  Yobi, Abou ^a   Wone, Bernard W M ^a   Xu, Wenxin ^b   Alexander, Danny C ^b   Guo, Lining ^b   Ryals, John A ^b   Oliver, Melvin J ^c   Cushman, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b METABOLON INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Metabolome; Resurrection plants; Selaginella lepidophylla; Selaginella moellendorffii

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION TOLERANCE; METABOLOMES; RESURRECTION PLANT; SELAGINELLA LEPIDOPHYLLA; SELAGINELLA MOELLENDORFFII;

AMINO ACIDS; DETOXIFICATION; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGAR (SUCROSE);

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA LEPIDOPHYLLA; SELAGINELLA MOELLENDORFFII; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA; SELAGINELLACEAE; SELAGINELLALES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITROGEN; WATER;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DESICCATION; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SELAGINELLACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DESICCATION; METABOLOMICS; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; SELAGINELLACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER;

EID: 84871983600     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12008     Document Type: Article

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