New Role for an Old Rule: N-end Rule-Mediated Degradation of Ethylene Responsive Factor Proteins Governs Low Oxygen Response in Plants

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-39

  Licausi, Francesco ^a   Pucciariello, Chiara ^a   Perata, Pierdomenico ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethylene response factor; Flooding; Hypoxia; N end rule pathway; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; FLOODING; HYPOXIA; OXIDATION; PLANT; PROTEIN;

METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW;

ETHYLENES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEOLYSIS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84872763228     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12011     Document Type: Review

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