The achene mucilage hydrated in desert dew assists seed cells in maintaining DNA integrity: adaptive strategy of desert plant Artemisia sphaerocephala.

Despite proposed ecological importance of mucilage in seed dispersal, germination and seedling establishment, little is known about the role of mucilage in seed pre-germination processes. Here we investigated the role of mucilage in assisting achene cells to repair DNA damage during dew deposition i...

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Autores principales: Xuejun Yang, Wenhao Zhang, Ming Dong, Ivan Boubriak, Zhenying Huang
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/269363d3d99b4557afad8d6b8b35c99e
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