A Rho family GTPase controls actin dynamics and tip growth via two counteracting downstream pathways in pollen tubes

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-138

  Gu, Ying ^a   Fu, Ying ^a   Dowd, Peter ^b   Li, Shundai ^a   Vernoud, Vanessa ^a   Gilroy, Simon ^b   Yang, Zhenbiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM; PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; DYNAMICS; GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; POLLEN TUBE; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARRIER PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PETUNIA; POLLEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 17644406066     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200409140     Document Type: Article

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