Dimerization and blue light regulation of PIF1 interacting bHLH proteins in Arabidopsis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 501-511

  Bu, Qingyun ^a   Castillon, Alicia ^a   Chen, Fulu ^a   Zhu, Ling ^a   Huq, Enamul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; bHLH transcription factor; Blue light; Hetero dimerization; Homo; Phosphorylation; Photomorphogenesis; Proteasomal degradation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HFR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PIF1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PIF3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; UBIQUITINATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; LIGHT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; UBIQUITINATION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 80054039874     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-011-9827-4     Document Type: Article

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