Molecular cloning of an arabidopsis homologue of GCN2, a protein kinase involved in co-ordinated response to amino acid starvation

Planta

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 668-675

  Zhang, Yuhua ^a   Dickinson, J Richard ^b   Paul, Matthew J ^a   Halford, Nigel G ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; eIF2 kinase; Metabolic signalling; Phosphorylation; Yeast complementation

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; PROTEINS; RNA; YEAST;

PEPTIDE SEQUENCES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0042352484     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1025-4     Document Type: Article

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