Single-stranded DNA binding factor AtWHY1 modulates telomere length homeostasis in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 442-451

  Yoo, Hyun Hee ^a   Kwon, Chian ^a,b   Lee, Myeong Min ^a   Chung, In Kwon ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Arabidopsis thaliana Whirly 1; Single stranded DNA; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERASE; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; T DNA; T-DNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHIRLY1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; POTATO; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33846412615     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02974.x     Document Type: Article

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