DcHsp17.7, a small heat shock protein from carrot, is upregulated under cold stress and enhances cold tolerance by functioning as a molecular chaperone

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 469-474

  Song, Na Hyun ^a   Ahn, Yeh Jin ^a  

^a Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cold stress; Daucus carota l.; Heat shock protein; Molecular chaperone; Oligomeric complex

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77950450826     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.3.469     Document Type: Article

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