A sweet cycle for Arabidopsis G-proteins: Recent discoveries and controversies in plant G-protein signal transduction

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1067-1076

  Johnston, Christopher A ^a   Willard, Melinda D ^a   Kimple, Adam J ^a   Siderovski, David P ^a   Willard, Francis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; G protein; Glucose; Nucleotide exchange; RGS protein

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 57749110450     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.12.7184     Document Type: Review

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