Characterization of a desiccation-responsive small GTP-binding protein (Rab2) from the desiccation-tolerant grass Sporobolus stapfianus

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 809-821

  O'Mahony, Patrick J ^a   Oliver, Melvin J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Differential display; GTP binding; Rab2; Sporobolus stapfianus

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DESSICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDRATION; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROBOLUS PYRAMIDALIS; STRESS TOLERANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DESICCATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POACEAE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RAB2 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; SPOROBOLUS PYRAMIDALIS; SPOROBOLUS STAPFIANUS;

EID: 0033103286     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006183431854     Document Type: Article

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