Evaluating the microtubule cytoskeleton and its interacting proteins in monocots by mining the rice genome

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-402

  Guo, Longbiao ^a,b   Ho, Chin Min Kimmy ^b   Kong, Zhaosheng ^b   Lee, Yuh Ru Julie ^b   Qian, Qian ^a   Liu, Bo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Kinesins; Microtubule associated proteins (MAPs); Microtubules (MTs); Motors; Oryza sativa; Rice

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MONOCOTYLEDON; PROTEIN; RICE; SKELETON;

ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; RICE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

GENOME, PLANT; MICROTUBULES; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; LILIOPSIDA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 58849108143     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn248     Document Type: Review

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