Wheat RAN1, a nuclear small G protein, is involved in regulation of cell division in yeast

Plant Science

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1183-1190

  Wang, Xin ^a   Xu, Wen Zhong ^a   Xu, Yun Yuan ^a   Chong, Kang ^a   Xu, Zhi Hong ^a   Xia, Gui Xian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

4,6 Diamidino 2 phenylindole; CaMV; cauliflower mosaic virus; DAPI; GEF; GFP; glutathione S transferase; green fluorescent protein; GST; GTP S; guanine nucleotide exchange factor; guanosine 5 ( thio) triphosphate; NLS

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CELLS; CROPS; DEFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEATION; PROTEINS; YEAST;

BINDING ACTIVITY; GENOME DEFECTS; GENOME INTEGRITY; PURIFIED PROTEINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BINDING; CELLS; DEFECTS; NUCLEATION; PLANTS; PROTEINS; WHEAT; YEASTS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 4644329447     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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