His-Asp phosphorelay signal transduction in higher plants: Receptors and response regulators for cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 383-391

  Oka, Atsuhiro ^a   Sakai, Hiroe ^a   Iwakoshi, Shintaro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; CYTOKININ; ETHYLENE; HISTIDINE; PHYTOHORMONE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOKININS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETHYLENES; HISTIDINE; LIGHT; OSMOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; VIRUSES (INFECTIVE AGENTS);

EID: 0037000796     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.77.383     Document Type: Review

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