
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Buttrose, MS 
A1  - Swift, JG 
T1  - Effects of Killing by Heat or Desiccation on Membrane Structure in Pea Roots
JF  - Functional Plant Biology
JO  - Functional Plant Biol.
Y1  - 1975
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
SP  - 225
EP  - 233
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PP9750225 
N2  - Radicles of dry pea seeds were killed by heating at temperatures up to 160&#176;C, and root tips excised from pea seedlings were killed by desiccation. The effect of these treatments on the appearance of membranes was studied in the electron microscope after fixation and thin-sectioning and after freeze- fracturing, After fixation, membranes from dead tissue appeared modified in various ways compared with membranes from control tissue, whereas after freeze-fracturing they appeared unchanged. It is argued that heating and desiccation denature or disorganize structural protein in membranes but that they do not affect the lipid structure of the membrane. 
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