The ubiquitin-activating enzyme (E1) gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-226

  Hatfield, Peggy M ^a,b   Gosink, Mark M ^a   Carpenter, Tami B ^a   Vierstra, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIGASE; PLANT DNA; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UBIQUITIN-ACTIVATING ENZYMES; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0031080458     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11020213.x     Document Type: Article

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