Several components of SKP1/Cullin/F-box E3 ubiquitin ligase complex and associated factors play a role in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-216

  Anand, Ajith ^a   Rojas, Clemencia M ^a   Tang, Yuhong ^a   Mysore, Kirankumar S ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium transformation; SCF proteasome complex; SGT1; SKP1 ASK1; Transferred DNA (T DNA); VirF; Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS)

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ASK1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ASK2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL DNA; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; S PHASE KINASE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SGT1A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SGT1B PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SKIP PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; T DNA; T-DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE; VIRUS; YEAST;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PLANT LEAF; RHIZOBIUM; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; S-PHASE KINASE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; SKP CULLIN F-BOX PROTEIN LIGASES; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84861481549     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04133.x     Document Type: Article

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