Proteases and their endogenous inhibitors in the plant response to abiotic stress

Botanica Serbica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-158

  Kidrič, Marjetka ^a   Kos, Janko ^a,b   Sabotič, Jerica ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cold; Drought; Protease; Protease inhibitor; Salinity; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900532460     PISSN: 18212158     EISSN: 18212638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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