African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Isolation and characterization of some drought-related ESTs from barley

Alzahraa Radwan
  • Alzahraa Radwan
  • Department of Plant Molecular Biology, AGERI, ARC, Egypt.
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Rania M. I. Abou Ali*
  • Rania M. I. Abou Ali*
  • Department of Nucleic Acids and Protein Structure, AGERI, ARC, Egypt.
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Ahmed Nada
  • Ahmed Nada
  • Department of Nucleic Acids and Protein Structure, AGERI, ARC, Egypt; Department of Nucleic Acids and Protein Structure, AGERI, ARC, Egypt.
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Wardaa Hashem
  • Wardaa Hashem
  • Department of Nucleic Acids and Protein Structure, AGERI, ARC, Egypt.
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Shireen Assem
  • Shireen Assem
  • Department of Nucleic Acids and Protein Structure, AGERI, ARC, Egypt.
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Ebtissam Husein
  • Ebtissam Husein
  • Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt.
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  •  Received: 27 October 2014
  •  Accepted: 16 February 2015
  •  Published: 04 March 2015

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