ROP/RAC GTPase: An old new master regulator for plant signaling

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 527-536

  Gu, Ying ^a   Wang, Zonghua ^b   Yang, Zhenbiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ABA abscisic acid; ADF actin depolymerization factor; CA constitutively active; DN dominant negative; F actin filamentous actin; GAP GTPase activating protein; GDI guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor; GEF guanine nucleotide exchange factor

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 4444274958     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.07.006     Document Type: Review

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