Regulation of abiotic stress signal transduction by E3 ubiquitin ligases in arabidopsis

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-208

  Lee, Jae Hoon ^a   Kim, Woo Taek ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

26S proteasome; Abiotic stress signal transduction; Arabidopsis; E3 ubiquitin ligase; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

CULLIN; CULLIN4 RING UBIQUITIN E3 LIGASES; PROTEIN HOS1 E3 LIGASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE COP1; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABIDOPSIS; COLD STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SALT STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATER DEFICIT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79959952615     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-011-0031-9     Document Type: Review

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