Two-component phosphorelay signal transduction systems in plants: From hormone responses to circadian rhythms

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2263-2276

  Mizuno, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

His kinases; Plant circadian clock; Pseudo response regulators; Response regulators; Two component systems

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHYLENE; HORMONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL THEORY;

HIS-KINASES; PLANT CIRCADIAN CLOCK; PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATORS; RESPONSE REGULATORS; TWO-COMPONENT SYSTEMS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ASPARTIC ACID; CYTOKININ; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARTIC ACID; CELL NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOKININS; CYTOPLASM; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHATES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 29344438034     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.2263     Document Type: Review

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