NQK1/NtMEK1 is a MAPKK that acts in the NPK1 MAPKKK-mediated MAPK cascade and is required for plant cytokinesis

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1055-1067

  Soyano, Takashi ^a   Nishihama, Ryuichi ^a,b   Morikiyo, Kayoko ^a   Ishikawa, Masaki ^a,c   Machida, Yasunori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis knockout; Cell plate; NPK1 MAPKKK; NQK1 MAPKK; NRK1 MAPK; Plant cytokinesis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; NUCLEUS AND PHRAGMOPLAST LOCALIZED PROTEIN KINASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL WALL; CYTOKINESIS; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FLOWERING; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRAIN; HOMOZYGOSITY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHRAGMOPLAST; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICROTUBULES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MITOSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0037446979     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1071103     Document Type: Article

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