Hijacking of the host SCF ubiquitin ligase machinery by plant pathogens

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Magori, Shimpei ^a   Citovsky, Vitaly ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; F box; Polerovirus; Protein degradation; Ralstonia; SCF complex; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865856467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00087     Document Type: Review

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