The expression of small heat shock proteins in seeds responds to discrete developmental signals and suggests a general protective role in desiccation tolerance

Plant Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1099-1108

  Wehmeyer, Nadja ^a   Vierling, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DESICCATION TOLERANCE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTANT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; STRESS TOLERANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0034004638     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.4.1099     Document Type: Article

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