Structure-function analysis of Cf-9, a receptor-like protein with extracytoplasmic leucine-rich repeats

Plant Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1000-1015

  Van Der Hoorn, Renier A L ^a   Wulff, Brande B H ^b,c   Rivas, Susana ^b,d   Durrant, Marcus C ^b   Van Der Ploeg, Anke ^a   De Wit, Pierre J G M ^a   Jones, Jonathan D G ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^d LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; HORMONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EXTRACYTOPLASMIC LEU-RICH REPEATS (ELRRS); GLYCOSYLATION; RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN; TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON PIMPINELLIFOLIUM);

PROTEINS;

ENZYMES; HORMONES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PROTEINS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON PIMPINELLIFOLIUM;

CF PROTEIN, LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, PLANT; GLYCOSYLATION; LEUCINE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO;

EID: 24944591807     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.028118     Document Type: Article

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