Arabidopsis profilins are functionally similar to yeast profilins: Identification of a vascular bundle-specific profilin and a pollen-specific profilin

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-279

  Christensen, Hans E M ^a   Ramachandran, Srinivasan ^a   Tan, Chio Tee ^a   Surana, Uttam ^a   Dong, Chun Hai ^b   Chua, Nam Hai ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PRF1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PRF2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PRF3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PRF4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PROFILIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; PROFILINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030209449     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.10020269.x     Document Type: Article

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