Actin depolymerizing factor is essential for viability in plants, and its phosphoregulation is important for tip growth

Plant Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 863-875

  Augustine, Robert C ^a   Vidali, Luis ^a   Kleinman, Ken P ^b   Bezanilla, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ADF; Cofilin; Phosphorylation; Physcomitrella patens; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOSS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT ROOT;

BRYOPHYTA; DESTRIN; GENES, PLANT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT ROOTS;

BRYOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

EID: 44349105297     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03451.x     Document Type: Article

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