Rapid stimulation of a soybean protein-serine kinase that phosphorylates a novel bZIP DNA-binding protein, G/HBF-1, during the induction of early transcription-dependent defenses

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 726-738

  Dröge Laser, Wolfgang ^a,c   Kaiser, Annette ^a,d   Lindsay, William P ^b   Halkier, Barbara Ann ^a,e   Loake, Gary J ^b,f   Doerner, Peter ^a   Dixon, Richard A ^b   Lamb, Chris ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bZIP transcription factors; Plant disease resistance; Plant gene expression; Protein phosphorylation; Protein serine kinase

Indexed keywords

CHALCONE SYNTHASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; LIGNIN; PROTEIN SERINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SOYBEAN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTATHIONE; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SOYBEANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037584245     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.4.726     Document Type: Article

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