Chapter 4 Functions of RAB and SNARE Proteins in Plant Life

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue C, 2009, Pages 183-233

  Saito, Chieko ^a   Ueda, Takashi ^b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b University of Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAB PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AUTOPHAGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLOWERING; GENETICS; GRAVITROPISM; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE; LIFESTYLE; MAMMAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROORGANISM; MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ROOT HAIR; SYMBIOSIS; YEAST;

PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SNARE PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 63449120505     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1937-6448(08)02004-2     Document Type: Review

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