Extra-large G proteins expand the repertoire of subunits in arabidopsis heterotrimeric G protein signaling

Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 512-529

  Chakravorty, David ^a   Gookin, Timothy E ^a   Milner, Matthew J ^a,b   Yu, Yunqing ^a   Assmann, Sarah M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TUNICAMYCIN; XLG1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; XLG2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; XLG3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TOBACCO; TUNICAMYCIN; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84940928852     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00251     Document Type: Article

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