Phytochrome activation of K+ channels and chloroplast rotation in Mougeotia: The escape times

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-179

  Serlin, Bruce S ^a   Lew, Roger R ^b   Krasnoshtein, Flora ^b   Krol, Justyna ^b   Sumida, Kevin D ^a  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloroplast rotation; Escape time; Mougeotia; Phytochrome; Potassium channels

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005023777     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a028929     Document Type: Article

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