The evolution, function, structure, and expression of the plant sHSPs

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 391-403

  Waters, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; chaperones; evolution; gene families; heat shock proteins; molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS, SMALL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84872308465     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers355     Document Type: Review

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