A ROP GTPase Signaling Pathway Controls Cortical Microtubule Ordering and Cell Expansion in Arabidopsis

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1827-1832

  Fu, Ying ^a,b   Xu, Tongda ^b   Zhu, Lei ^a   Wen, Mingzhang ^b   Yang, Zhenbiao ^b  

^a Zhejiang University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; SIGNALING

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RIC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ROP6 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENLARGEMENT; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 71849089820     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.052     Document Type: Article

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