The phosphomimetic mutation of an evolutionarily conserved serine residue affects the signaling properties of Rho of plants (ROPs)

Plant Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 669-679

  Fodor Dunai, Csilla ^a   Fricke, Inka ^b   Potocký, Martin ^c   Dorjgotov, Dulguun ^a   Domoki, Mõnika ^a   Jurca, Manuela E ^a   Ötvös, Krisztina ^a   Ẑárský, Viktor ^c,d   Berken, Antje ^e   Fehér, Attila ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

phosphorylation; plant specific ROP nucleotide exchanger; pollen tube growth; Rho GTPase; ROP guanine nucleotide exchange factor; ROP interacting receptor like cytoplasmic kinase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; NUCLEOTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; POSITIVE IONS;

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; PLANT-SPECIFIC ROP NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGERS; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH; RECEPTOR-LIKE CYTOPLASMIC KINASE; RHO GTPASE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; MEDICAGO; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79955789488     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04528.x     Document Type: Article

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