Both the conserved GRAS domain and nuclear localization are required for SHORT-ROOT movement

Plant Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 785-797

  Gallagher, Kimberly L ^a,b   Benfey, Philip N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis root development; Intercellular protein movement; Plasmodesmata; Protein trafficking; SHORT ROOT

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; SHORT ROOT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 61349131940     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03735.x     Document Type: Article

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