*2.5. Cis-Regulatory Element in* C. Songorica *LEA Gene Promoters*

*Cis*-regulatory elements control expression patterns of stress responsive genes in various tissues and organs. These elements are located upstream of gene coding sequences and provide binding sites for transcription factors (TFs) [35]. More than three G-box *cis*-elements were recorded for each *Dehydrin*, *LEA\_2* and *SMP* genes and nearly more than two MBS elements were detected for each *Dehydrin* and *LEA\_2* subfamily gene (Table 1).


