Members of two gene families encoding ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, AtUBC1-3 and AtUBC4-6, from Arabidopsis thaliana are differentially expressed

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 493-505

  Thoma, Sharon ^a,b   Sullivan, Michael L ^a   Vierstra, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; gene expression; gene families; proteolysis; ubiquitin; ubiquitin conjugating enzymes

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030175281     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00042223     Document Type: Article

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