Specific association of a small protein with the telomeric DNA-protein complex during the onset of leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 429-438

  Zentgraf, Ulrike ^a   Hinderhofer, Katrin ^a   Kolb, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Leaf senescence; Telomere; Telomere length; Telomere binding proteins

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA STRUCTURE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; INTERPHASE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENESCENCE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TELOMERE LENGTH; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034087609     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006324008600     Document Type: Article

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