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An Overview of LEA Genes and Their Importance in Combating Abiotic Stress in Rice
Rice is a predominant crop for most of the people in the world. Stresses like high temperature, salinity, and drought affect almost all the stages of...
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LEA motifs promote desiccation tolerance in vivo
BackgroundCells and organisms typically cannot survive in the absence of water. However, some animals including nematodes, tardigrades, rotifers, and...
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Evaluation of a bacterial group 1 LEA protein as an enzyme protectant from stress-induced inactivation
AbstractLate embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are hydrophilic proteins that lack a well-ordered tertiary structure and accumulate to high levels...
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Genome-wide identification and characterization of members of the LEA gene family in Panax notoginseng and their transcriptional responses to dehydration of recalcitrant seeds
BackgroundLate embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins play an important role in dehydration process of seed maturation. The seeds of Panax notoginseng ...
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The LEA gene family in tomato and its wild relatives: genome-wide identification, structural characterization, expression profiling, and role of SlLEA6 in drought stress
BackgroundLate embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are widely distributed in higher plants and play crucial roles in regulating plant growth and...
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Genome-wide identification, characterization, and expression pattern of the late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) gene family in Juglans regia and its wild relatives J. mandshurica
BackgroundLate Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) proteins are a class of proteins associated with plant stress resistance. Two Juglans species, Juglans...
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Genome-wide characterization of LEA gene family reveals a positive role of BnaA.LEA6.a in freezing tolerance in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)
BackgroundFreezing stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that causes extensive damage to plants. LEA (Late embryogenesis abundant) proteins...
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Genome-wide identification, evolutionary and expression analyses of LEA gene family in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
BackgroundLate embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are a group of highly hydrophilic glycine-rich proteins, which accumulate in the late stage of...
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Expression analysis and molecular modelling of hydrophilin LEA-2-like gene from wheat
The inquisitive role of boiling soluble proteins is still not well documented. Hence, this study demonstrated isolation, and sequencing of a water...
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Genome-wide Identification and Analysis of Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) Genes in Musa acuminata
Key MessageEighty four MaLE A genes were found coding for eighty five proteins, most of which are small and hydrophilic, and show ubiquitous...
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MsDIUP1 encoding a putative novel LEA protein positively modulates salt tolerance in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
BackgroundSalt stress seriously impacts the plantation and productivity of global alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ). Previously, we genetically defined the M....
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Genome-wide identification and functional characterization of LEA genes during seed development process in linseed flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)
BackgroundLEA proteins are widely distributed in the plant and animal kingdoms, as well as in micro-organisms. LEA genes make up a large family and...
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Genome-wide search and structural and functional analyses for late embryogenesis-abundant (LEA) gene family in poplar
BackgroundThe Late Embryogenesis-Abundant (LEA) gene families, which play significant roles in regulation of tolerance to abiotic stresses, widely...
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Is bitterling (Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782)) threatened by the invasive unionid species Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)?
The reproductive strategy of the European bitterling ( Rhodeus amarus ) involves an obligatory parasitic relationship with freshwater mussels from the...
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ZmNHL2 enhances drought tolerance by regulating the expression of stress-responsive genes and ABA signaling pathway in maize
Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) protein plays an important role in plant response to abiotic stress and growth and development. Research has found...
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Genome-wide analysis and functional validation reveal the role of late embryogenesis abundant genes in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) fruit ripening
BackgroundLate embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins play important roles in plant growth and development, as well as stresses responsiveness....
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Distribution and potential impacts of non-native Chinese pond mussels Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) in Bavaria, Germany
The Chinese pond mussel, Sinanodonta woodiana , is non-native to European freshwater systems. Originating from Asia, it was brought to Europe in the...
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Molecular characterization of late embryogenesis abundant proteins encoding genes from wild sorghum genotype IS-18,909 expressed under drought stress
As a drought-tolerant crop, sorghum is an ideal plant for identifying genes conferring drought tolerance. In the present study, LEA1 and LEA 3 genes...
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Constitutive expression of a group 3 LEA protein from Medicago falcata (MfLEA3) increases cold and drought tolerance in transgenic tobacco
Key messageMfLEA3 is involved in protection of catalase activity and confers multiple abiotic stress tolerance.
AbstractLate embryogenesis abundant...
