The N-terminal und motif of the arabidopsis U-box E3 ligase pub18 is critical for the negative regulation of aba-mediated stomatal movement and determines its ubiquitination specificity for exocyst subunit Exo70B1

Plant Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2952-2973

  Seo, Dong Hye ^a   Ahn, Min Yong ^a   Park, Ki Youl ^a   Kim, Eun Yu ^a   Kim, Woo Taek ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; DROUGHT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; UBIQUITINATION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 85009813062     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00347     Document Type: Article

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