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Protective Sugars

Protective Sugars is a biochemical construct referring to specific low-molecular-weight carbohydrates that accumulate during seed maturation to stabilize cellular structures and protect macromolecules against desiccation-induced damage by replacing water and forming glassy matrices.

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Sugars and Desiccation Tolerance in Seeds

Karen L. Koster, A. C. Leopold · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 1988 · 476 citations · Full text

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Maturation Proteins and Sugars in Desiccation Tolerance of Developing Soybean Seeds

Sheila A. Blackman, Ralph L. Obendorf, A. C. Leopold · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 1992 · 370 citations · Full text

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Glass Formation and Desiccation Tolerance in Seeds

Karen L. Koster · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 1991 · 277 citations · Full text

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Trehalose–protein interaction in aqueous solution

Roberto D. Lins, Cristina Silva Pereira, Philippe H. Hünenberger · Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics · 2004 · 241 citations

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Roles of Sugar Alcohols in Osmotic Stress Adaptation. Replacement of Glycerol by Mannitol and Sorbitol in Yeast

Bo Shen, Stefan Hohmann, Richard G. Jensen et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 1999 · 219 citations

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Authors

193

  1. AC
    A. C. Leopold

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    3 publications · 1K citations

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  2. RL
    Robert L. Last

    Michigan State University, United States

    2 publications · 258 citations

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  3. KL
    Karen L. Koster

    University of South Dakota, United States

    2 publications · 753 citations

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  4. DK
    Dirk K. Hincha

    Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany

    2 publications · 228 citations

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  5. LK
    Lewis Knudson

    Cornell University, United States

    2 publications · 39 citations

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Institutions

90

  1. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology

    Potsdam, Germany

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    852 citations

  3. University of Naples Federico II

    Naples, Italy

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    261 citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    166 citations

  5. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    720 citations

  6. University of North Carolina Health Care

    Chapel Hill, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    76 citations

  7. Haskins Laboratories

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    65 citations

  8. Fordham University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    65 citations

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  1. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

    6 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    AEM · 2 publications · 26 citations

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  3. American Journal of Botany

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  4. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

    2 publications · 154 citations

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  5. Nature

    1 publications · 17 citations

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