Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Kinases in Plants: Structure, Function, and Signal Transduction Pathways

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 234, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-46

  Torii, Keiko U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Brassinosteroids; Development; Disease resistance; Innate immunity; Leucine rich repeats; MAP kinase; Receptor kinase; Signal transduction; Symbiotic nodulation

Indexed keywords

BRASSINOSTEROID; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE RICH PROTEIN 61; FLAGELLIN; LEUCINE; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT RECEPTOR KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOPHYTE; HOST RANGE; LIGAND BINDING; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT; POLLEN DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYMBIOSIS; WOUND;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 1942469934     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(04)34001-5     Document Type: Article

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