EIN2, a bifunctional transducer of ethylene and stress responses in Arabidopsis

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5423, 1999, Pages 2148-2152

  Alonso, Jose M ^a   Hirayama, Takashi ^a   Roman, Gregg ^a   Nourizadeh, Saeid ^a   Ecker, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; OXYGEN RADICAL; PROTEIN EIN2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HORMONE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLOPENTANES; DEFENSINS; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HERBICIDES; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSOMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PARAQUAT; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0033603516     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5423.2148     Document Type: Article

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