Transcription factor phosphorylation by a protein kinase associated with chloroplast RNA polymerase from mustard (Sinapis alba)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-189

  Baginsky, Sacha ^a   Tiller, Kai ^a   Link, Gerhard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplast gene expression; DNA dependent RNA polymerase; Phosphorylation cascade; Protein kinase; Sigma like transcription factors

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PROTEIN KINASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHLOROPLASTS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MUSTARD PLANT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031148893     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005802909902     Document Type: Article

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