*2.4. Sequence Alignment of* C. Songorica *and Arabidopsis Dehydrin Proteins*

Multiple sequence alignment using *C. songorica* Dehydrin protein sequences and their Arabidopsis counterparts revealed the conservation stress response related segments including Y, K and S segments (YKS) in *C. songorica* Dehydrin proteins (Figure 3).

**Figure 3.** Multiple sequence alignment using *C. songorica* and Arabidopsis Dehydrin protein sequences. The identified Y segment, K segment and S segment are indicated by different colors. Y segment = red, K segment = green and S segment = purple.
