Disordered cold regulated15 proteins protect chloroplast membranes during freezing through binding and folding, But do not stabilize chloroplast enzymes in vivo

Plant Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 190-201

  Thalhammer, Anja ^a   Bryant, Gary ^b   Sulpice, Ronan ^a,c   Hincha, Dirk K ^a  

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

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COR15 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; LIPOSOME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; FREEZING; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; FREEZING; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LIPOSOMES;

EID: 84907058263     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.245399     Document Type: Article

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