Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) proteins in legumes

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Battaglia, Marina ^a   Covarrubias, Alejandra A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Common bean; LEA proteins; Legumes; Medicago; Soybean; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900863993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00190     Document Type: Review

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