COP1-mediated ubiquitination of CONSTANS is implicated in cryptochrome regulation of flowering in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-306

  Liu, Li Jun ^a   Zhang, Yan Chun ^b   Li, Qing Hua ^a   Sang, Yi ^a   Mao, Jian ^a   Lian, Hong Li ^b   Wang, Long ^a   Yang, Hong Quan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CONSTANS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; COP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CRYPTOCHROME; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UBIQUITINATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; FLOWERS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 42449112370     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.057281     Document Type: Article

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