Nuclear localization of the mutant protein phosphatase abi1 is required for insensitivity towards ABA responses in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 806-819

  Moes, Danièle ^a   Himmelbach, Axel ^a,b   Korte, Arthur ^a   Haberer, Georg ^a,c   Grill, Erwin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABA signalling; Germination; PP2C; Stomata; Stress physiology

Indexed keywords

ABI1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 44449112352     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03454.x     Document Type: Article

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