JAZ repressors set the rhythm in jasmonate signaling

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 486-494

  Chico, Jose M ^a   Chini, Andrea ^a   Fonseca, Sandra ^a   Solano, Roberto ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; COI1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; MYC2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; OXYLIPIN; PROTEASOME; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CYCLOPENTANES; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXYLIPINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKP CULLIN F-BOX PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 51649092706     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2008.06.003     Document Type: Review

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