Light signaling in plants

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 455-478

  Chamovitz, Daniel A ^a   Deng, Xing Wang ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue light; Light signal transduction; Photomorphogenesis; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001078598     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713608136     Document Type: Article

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