Cloning and characterization of rac-like cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 483-495

  Winge, Per ^a   Brembu, Tore ^a   Bones, Atle M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; GTP binding proteins; Plant defence; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Rac proteins; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; RAC PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031282365     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005804508902     Document Type: Article

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