A functionally required unfoldome from the plant kingdom: Intrinsically disordered N-terminal domains of GRAS proteins are involved in molecular recognition during plant development

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-223

  Sun, Xiaolin ^a   Xue, Bin ^b   Jones, William T ^a   Rikkerink, Erik ^a   Dunker, A Keith ^c   Uversky, Vladimir N ^b,d  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

GRAS proteins; Intrinsically disordered protein (IDP); Molecular recognition; Plant development; Signalling; Unfoldome

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GAI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RGA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SCR PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 80052622990     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-011-9803-z     Document Type: Article

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