Rac homologues and compartmentalized phosphatidylinositol 4,5- bisphosphate act in a common pathway to regulate polar pollen tube growth

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 317-330

  Kost, Benedikt ^a,b   Lemichez, Emmanuel ^a   Spielhofer, Pius ^a   Hong, Yan ^b   Tolias, Kimberly ^c,d   Carpenter, Christopher ^c,d   Chua, Nam Hai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Polarity; Pollen tube; PtdIns 4,5 P2; Rac

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RHO FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; GLYCOSYLATION; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5-DIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLLEN; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344417107     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.2.317     Document Type: Article

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