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Insights on the evolution of trehalose biosynthesis

BACKGROUND: The compatible solute trehalose is a non-reducing disaccharide, which accumulates upon heat, cold or osmotic stress. It was commonly accepted that trehalose is only present in extremophiles or cryptobiotic organisms. However, in recent years it has been shown that although higher plants...

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Autores principales: Avonce, Nelson, Mendoza-Vargas, Alfredo, Morett, Enrique, Iturriaga, Gabriel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17178000
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-6-109