Intracellular localization of GBF proteins and blue light-induced import of GBF2 fusion proteins into the nucleus of cultured Arabidopsis and soybean cells

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 967-982

  Terzaghi, William B ^a,b   Bertekap Jr , Robert L ^a,c   Cashmore, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; G BOX BINDING FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DARKNESS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOYBEAN; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; DARKNESS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; G-BOX BINDING FACTORS; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOYBEANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031149960     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11050967.x     Document Type: Article

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