A subtilisin-like serine protease involved in the regulation of stomatal density and distribution in Arabidopsis thaliana

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1119-1131

  Berger, Dieter ^a   Altmann, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis mutant; Pattern formation; Proprotein; Stomata; Subtilase

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; COTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034193779     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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