Signaling LTPs: A new plant LTPs sub-family?

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 594-597

  Pii, Youry ^a   Pandolfini, Tiziana ^a   Crimi, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lipid transfer protein; Medicago truncatula; MtN5; Signalling; Sinorhizobium meliloti; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEINS, PLANT; PLANT ANTIGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BARREL MEDIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOYBEAN;

ANTIGENS, PLANT; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIPID METABOLISM; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOYBEANS;

EID: 77954992376     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.11499     Document Type: Article

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