The arabidopsis mutant sleepy1gar2-1 protein promotes plant growth by increasing the affinity of the SCFSLY1 E3 ubiquitin ligase for DELLA protein substrates

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1406-1418

  Fu, Xiangdong ^a   Richards, Donald E ^a   Fleck, Barbara ^a,c   Xie, Daoxin ^b   Burton, Nicolas ^a   Harberd, Nicholas P ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c Verulam Gardens   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS; SUBSTRATES;

MUTANTS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; F BOX PROTEIN; GAI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GIBBERELLIN; RGA PROTEIN, PLANT; SLY1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFERASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; F-BOX PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 2942670782     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.021386     Document Type: Article

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