A mutation in MRH2 kinesin enhances the root hair tip growth defect caused by constitutively activated ROP2 small GTPase in Arabidopsis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Yang, Guohua ^a   Gao, Peng ^a   Zhang, Hua ^b   Huang, Shanjin ^b   Zheng, Zhi Liang ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; KINESIN; LATRUNCULIN B; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN MRH2; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MRH2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PRIMER DNA; ROP2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HAIR GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; ROOT HAIR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; KINESIN; MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 42449113416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001074     Document Type: Article

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