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Membrane phase transitions are responsible for imbibitional damage in dry pollen

We have found that the most probable cause of the leakage seen when dry cells or organisms such as seeds, pollen, or yeast cells are plunged into water is a gel to liquid crystalline phase transition in membrane phospholipids accompanying rehydration. By using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy...

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Main Authors: Crowe, John H., Hoekstra, Folkert A., Crowe, Lois M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1989
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC286503/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16594011
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