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Compatible Solute Synthesis and Compartmentation in Higher Plants

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This chapter presents a brief overview of the compartmentation, biosynthesis and degradation of compatible solutes in higher plants, using selected examples to illustrate the present state of knowledge and to highlight some unanswered questions. Reviews by Wyn Jones (1984), Rhodes (1987), and McCue and Hanson (1990b) also cover these topics, and are sources of additional literature citations (see also Somero, this Vol.).

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  1. MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    A. D. Hanson

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  1. Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, 97331-2914, Corvallis, OR, USA

    George Nicholls Somero

  2. Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Box 475, 2601, Canberra, Australia

    Charles Barry Osmond

  3. Laboratory of Comparative Biology, University of Milan, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133, Milan, Italy

    Carla Liana Bolis

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Hanson, A.D. (1992). Compatible Solute Synthesis and Compartmentation in Higher Plants. In: Somero, G.N., Osmond, C.B., Bolis, C.L. (eds) Water and Life. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76682-4_4

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