In vivo interaction between atToc33 and atToc159 GTP-binding domains demonstrated in a plant split-ubiquitin system

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 257-267

  Rahim, Gwendoline ^a   Bischof, Sylvain ^b   Kessler, Felix ^a   Agne, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heterodimerization; In vivo; Protein protein interaction; Protoplast; Split ubiquitin; Toc GTPases

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TOC159 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TOC33 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UBIQUITIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSOL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTOPLAST; TOBACCO; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYTOSOL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOPLASTS; TOBACCO; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; UBIQUITIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 60149090171     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern283     Document Type: Article

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