Disorder and function: A review of the dehydrin protein family

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue October, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Graether, Steffen P ^a   Boddington, Kelly F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Cold; Dehydration; Dehydrins; Intrinsically disordered proteins; Late embryogenesis abundant; Localization; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908619211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00576     Document Type: Review

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