Signal perception, transduction, and gene expression involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 525-557

  Mol, Joseph ^a   Jenkins, Gareth ^b   Schäfer, Eberhard ^c   Weiss, David ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Chalcone synthase; Hormones; Phytochrome; Right; Stress; UV

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0001428207     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689609382369     Document Type: Article

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