Identification of legume RopGEF gene families and characterization of a Medicago truncatula RopGEF mediating polar growth of root hairs

Plant Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-243

  Riely, Brendan K ^a   He, Hengbin ^a   Venkateshwaran, Muthusubramanian ^c   Sarma, Birinchi ^d   Schraiber, Joshua ^e   Ané, Jean Michel ^b   Cook, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicago truncatula; polar growth; root hair; RopGEF; RopGTPase

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; POLAR GROWTH; ROOT HAIRS; ROPGEF; ROPGTPASE;

RNA; SOILS;

GENES;

CALCIUM; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOYBEANS; YEASTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 78651401849     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04414.x     Document Type: Article

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