Regulation of membrane trafficking and organ separation by the NEVERSHED ARF-GAP protein

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1909-1918

  Liljegren, Sarah J ^a,b   Leslie, Michelle E ^a   Darnielle, Lalitree ^a   Lewis, Michael W ^a   Taylor, Sarah M ^a   Luo, Ruibai ^c   Geldner, Niko ^b,d   Chory, Joanne ^b,e   Randazzo, Paul A ^c   Yanofsky, Martin F ^f   Ecker, Joseph R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Arabidopsis; ARF GAP; Exosome; Floral organ shedding; Flower development; Golgi; Membrane trafficking; Paramural

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 1; ARF PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSOME; EPIDERMIS CELL; FLOWER; FRUIT GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANS GOLGI NETWORK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENDOSOMES; FLOWERS; GOLGI APPARATUS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 69549119013     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.033605     Document Type: Article

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