LEA (Late Embryogenesis Abundant) proteins and their encoding genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

BMC Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hundertmark, Michaela ^a   Hincha, Dirk K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN, PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DUPLICATE GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT STRESS; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TEMPERATURE STRESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; INVERTEBRATA;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 42149115630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-118     Document Type: Article

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