Levels of MeLEA3, a cDNA Sequence Coding for an Atypical Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein in Cassava, Increase Under In Vitro Salt Stress Treatment

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 997-1005

  de Monteiro Costa, Carinne Nazaré ^a   Brígida, Ailton Borges Santa ^a   do Borges, Bárbara Nascimento ^a   de Neto, Marco Antônio Menezes ^a   Carvalho, Luiz Joaquim Castelo Branco ^b   de Souza, Cláudia Regina Batista ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Bioinformatics analyses; Cassava; MeLEA3 protein; Salt stress response; Semi quantitative RT PCR

Indexed keywords

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 80255140310     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-011-0292-7     Document Type: Article

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