Late embryogenesis abundant proteins: Versatile players in the plant adaptation to water limiting environments

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 586-589

  Olvera Carrillo, Yadira ^a   Reyes, José Luis ^a   Covarrubias, Alejandra A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Hydrophilins; Intrinsically unstructured proteins; Late embryogenesis abundant proteins; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS;

EID: 79955610759     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.4.15042     Document Type: Article

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