An efficient system to detect protein ubiquitination by agroinfiltration in Nicotiana benthamiana

Plant Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 893-903

  Liu, Lijing ^a   Zhang, Yiyue ^a   Tang, Sanyuan ^a   Zhao, Qingzhen ^a,b   Zhang, Zhonghui ^a   Zhang, Huawei ^a   Dong, Li ^a   Guo, Huishan ^a   Xie, Qi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agroinfiltration; E3 ligase; In vivo; Substrate; Ubiquitination assay

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO; UBIQUITINATION;

PLANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 77950117737     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.04109.x     Document Type: Article

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