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. 1974 Mar;53(3):509–511. doi: 10.1104/pp.53.3.509

Phospholipid Degradation in Frozen Plant Cells Associated with Freezing Injury 1,2

Shizuo Yoshida a, Akira Sakai a
PMCID: PMC543271  PMID: 16658734

Abstract

A striking degradation of phosphatidylcholine into phosphatidic acid was observed in the cortical tissues of less hardy poplar (Poplus euramericani cv. gelrica), when the tissues were frozen below a lethal temperature. No change in phospholipids was detected during freezing or even after thawing in the cortical tissues of hardy poplar which survived slow freezing to −30 C or even immersion in liquid N2 after prefreezing to −50 C. The degradation of phosphatidylcholine during freezing appears to be intimately associated with freezing injury.

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