Meaning of desiccome | Babel Free

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The set of genes, proteins and metabolites involved in an organism's ability to tolerate desiccation.

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“One of the critical components of the desiccome are non-reducing disaccharides found to accumulate during desiccation, such as trehalose (in bacteria, fungi, some resurrection plants and metazoans) and sucrose (in most plants, pollen and seeds) [14 –16 ].”

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