The Arabidopsis COW1 gene encodes a phosphatidylinositol transfer protein essential for root hair tip growth

Plant Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 686-698

  Böhme, Karen ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Charlot, Florence ^a   Grierson, Claire ^b   Marrocco, Katia ^a   Okada, Kyotaka ^c   Laloue, Michel ^a   Nogué, Fabien ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cow1; Molecular cloning; Phospholipids; PITP; Root hairs; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; YEAST;

MOLECULAR GENETIC ANALYSIS; POSITIONAL CLONING STRATEGY; ROOT HAIR OUTGROWTH; ROOT HAIRS;

GENES;

PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; PROTEINS; YEASTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS;

EID: 10344240413     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02245.x     Document Type: Article

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