The putative Agrobacterium transcriptional activator-like virulence protein VirD5 may target T-complex to prevent the degradation of coat proteins in the plant cell nucleus

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1266-1281

  Wang, Yafei ^a   Peng, Wei ^a   Zhou, Xu ^a   Huang, Fei ^a   Shao, Lingyun ^a   Luo, Meizhong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; AtVIP1; Coat proteins; T complex; Transcriptional activator like virulence protein; VBF; VirD5; VirE2

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; PROTEIN BINDING; T-DNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VIP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGROBACTERIUM; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT CELL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RICE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AGROBACTERIUM; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT CELLS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOLYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84905121659     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12866     Document Type: Article

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