The UV-B photoreceptor UVR8: From structure to physiology

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-37

  Jenkins, Gareth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; COP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HY5 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UVR8 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTORS, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84896858372     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.119446     Document Type: Review

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