Photocontrol of the expression of genes encoding chlorophyll a/b binding proteins and small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in etiolated seedlings of Lycopersicon esculentum (L.) and Nicotiana tabacum (L.)

Plant Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 990-997

  Wehmeyer, Barbara ^a,b   Cashmore, Anthony R ^a   Schäfer, Eberhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0001734870     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.93.3.990     Document Type: Article

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