N-terminal domain-mediated homodimerization is required for photoreceptor activity of Arabidopsis Cryptochrome 1

Plant Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1569-1584

  Sang, Yi ^a   Li, Qing Hua ^a   Rubio, Vicente ^b   Zhang, Yan Chun ^a   Mao, Jian ^a   Deng, Xing Wang ^b   Yang, Hong Quan ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; FILTRATION; GELS;

ARABIDOPSIS CRYPTOCHROME 1; CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC PHENOTYPE (COP); CRYPTOCHROMES (CRY); PHOTORECEPTOR ACTIVITY;

CELLS;

CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; FILTRATION; GELS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 24744437309     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.029645     Document Type: Article

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