The multifunctionality of dehydrins: An overview

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 503-508

  Hara, Masakazu ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dehydrin; Environmental stress; Intrinsically unstructured proteins; Late embryogenesis abundant proteins; Water stress

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRIN PROTEINS, PLANT; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN; MACROMOLECULE; PROTEIN BINDING; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

EID: 77954949426     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.11085     Document Type: Review

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