Ethylene signal perception and transduction: Multiple paradigms?

Biological Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 103-128

  Hall, M A ^a   Moshkov, I E ^b   Novikova, G V ^b   Mur, L A J ^a   Smith, A R ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ethylene; MAP kinase cascades; Monomeric G proteins; Signalling

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETHYLENE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RECEPTOR;

BINDING SITE; GENE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ETHYLENES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035098342     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2000.tb00060.x     Document Type: Article

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