Protein Farnesyltransferase in Plants: Molecular Characterization and Involvement in Cell Cycle Control

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2381-2394

  Qian, Daqi ^a   Zhou, Dafeng ^b   Ju, Rong ^a   Cramer, Carole L ^b   Yang, Zhenbiao ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

HYBRID PROTEIN; P21(RAS) FARNESYL PROTEIN TRANSFERASE; P21(RAS) FARNESYL-PROTEIN TRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MITOSIS INDEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MITOTIC INDEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEAS; PLANTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 0030344706     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.12.2381     Document Type: Article

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