Aphototropic mutants of the moss Ceratodon purpureus with spectrally normal and with spectrally dysfunctional phytochrome

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 560-568

  Lamparter, T ^a   Esch, H ^a   Cove, D ^b   Hughes, J ^a   Hartmann, E ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphototropic mutants; Biliverdin; Ceratodon purpureus; Gravitropism; Moss; Phototropism; Phytochrome; Phytochrome chromophore; Protonemata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000005109     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00389.x     Document Type: Article

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