Light-dependent translocation of a phytochrome B-GFP fusion protein to the nucleus in transgenic Arabidopsis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 437-445

  Yamaguchi, Rumi ^a   Nakamura, Masanobu ^a   Mochizuki, Nobuyoshi ^a   Kay, Steve A ^b   Nagatani, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Nuclear targeting; Photomorphogenesis; Phytochrome; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; GENE TARGETING; GERMINATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; COLOR; DARKNESS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOCOTYL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME B; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033519222     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.3.437     Document Type: Article

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