Three type-B response regulators, ARR1, ARR10 and ARR12, play essential but redundant roles in cytokinin signal transduction throughout the life cycle of Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-57

  Ishida, Kai ^a   Yamashino, Takafumi ^a   Yokoyama, Akihiro ^a   Mizuno, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokinin signaling; His Asp phosphorelay; Type B ARR

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ARR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARR10 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARR12 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOKININ; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYTOKININS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 38349157798     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm165     Document Type: Article

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