The diversity of plant U-box E3 ubiquitin ligases: From upstream activators to downstream target substrates

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1109-1121

  Yee, Donna ^a   Goring, Daphne R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis gene family; Substrates; U box E3 ubiquitin ligases; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHORMONE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT;

GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 64949084332     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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