His-Asp phosphorelay signaling: A communication avenue between plants and their environment

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 273-278

  Sakakibara, Hitoshi ^a   Taniguchi, Mitsutaka ^a   Sugiyama, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokinin; Ethylene; His Asp phosphorelay; Nitrogen signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOKININ; MAIZE; NITRATE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REACTION MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPARTIC ACID; CYTOKINES; ETHYLENES; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034101738     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006334926388     Document Type: Short Survey

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