DNA damage and repair in plants

Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-100

  Britt, Anne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DNA damage; DNA repair; Photoreactivation; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0001854685     PISSN: 10402519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.47.1.75     Document Type: Article

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