The GCN2 homologue in Arabidopsis thaliana interacts with uncharged tRNA and uses Arabidopsis eIF2α molecules as direct substrates

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-18

  Li, M W ^a   Auyeung, W K ^a   Lam, H M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

AtGCN2; EIF2 ; Uncharged tRNA

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GCN2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HYBRID PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 2; PROTEIN KINASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERB; HOMOLOGY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870429751     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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