A delayed leaf senescence mutant is defective in arginyl-tRNA:protein arginyltransferase, a component of the N-end rule pathway in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 129-137

  Yoshida, Satoko ^a,c   Ito, Masaki ^a   Callis, Judy ^b   Nishida, Ikuo ^a   Watanabe, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Arginyl tRNA:protein arginyltransferase; Leaf senescence; N end rule; T DNA tag line; Ubiquitin pathway

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; DEGRADATION; DNA; GENES; PROTEINS; RNA; YEAST;

MUTATIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COTYLEDON; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036795587     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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