The functional domain of gcs1-based gamete fusion resides in the amino terminus in plant and parasite species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Mori, Toshiyuki ^a   Hirai, Makoto ^b   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^c   Miyagishima, Shin ya ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERATIVE CELL SPECIFIC 1 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HAP2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GAMETE FUSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE REPRODUCTION; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTISTA;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 79251477550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015957     Document Type: Article

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