LEA Gene Introns: Is the Intron of Dehydrin Genes a Characteristic of the Serine-Segment?

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 128-140

  Jiménez Bremont, Juan Francisco ^a   Maruri López, Israel ^a   Ochoa Alfaro, Ana Erika ^a   Delgado Sánchez, Pablo ^b   Bravo, Jaime ^a   Rodríguez Kessler, Margarita ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dehydrins; Intron; Late embryogenesis abundant; S segment

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS LYRATA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STREPTACANTHA;

EID: 84872197977     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-012-0483-x     Document Type: Article

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