A tobacco syntaxin with a role in hormonal control of guard cell ion channels

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5401, 1999, Pages 537-540

  Leyman, Barbara ^a   Geelen, Danny ^a   Quintero, Francisco J ^a,b   Blatt, Michael R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; SYNTAXIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DNA LIBRARY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; TOBACCO;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033593635     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5401.537     Document Type: Article

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46. We are grateful for support and comments from A. Grabov and G. Thiel and technical assistance from N. Grabov, B.L. was a Sainsbury Ph.D. student and was subsequently funded by UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council grant P08406, D.G. was supported by Human Frontier Science Program grant RG303/95M, F.J.Q. was a Spanish Science Ministry Fellow and additional support came from European Commission Biotech grant CT96/0062. Nt-SYR1 and At-SYR1 are subject to patent applications UK9720784.9, UK9720785.6, and PCT/GB98/02937.