Roles of proteolysis in plant self-incompatibility

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2009, Pages 21-42

  Zhang, Yijing ^a   Zhao, Zhonghua ^a   Xue, Yongbiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

PCD; S locus; SCF; U box protein; Ubiquitin proteasome; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL DEATH; HYDROLYSIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; UBIQUITIN;

BRASSICACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAPAVERACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 67651046492     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.043008.092108     Document Type: Article

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