Identification of a novel LEA protein involved in freezing tolerance in wheat

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-147

  Sasaki, Kentaro ^a   Christov, Nikolai Kirilov ^a,b   Tsuda, Sakae ^c,d   Imai, Ryozo ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^b AGROBIOINSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold acclimation; Freezing tolerance; LEA protein

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN, PLANT; NUCLEIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMISTRY; COLD; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FREEZING; FREEZING TOLERANCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEA PROTEIN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; WHEAT;

COLD ACCLIMATION; FREEZING TOLERANCE; LEA PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; CYTOPROTECTION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84892737380     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct164     Document Type: Article

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