The light-induced reduction of the gravitropic growth-orientation of seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. is a photomorphogenic response mediated synergistically by the far-red-absorbing forms of phytochromes A and B

Planta

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 511-514

  Poppe, C ^a   Hangarter, R P ^b   Sharrock, R A ^c   Nagy, F ^d   Schafer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Gravitropism; phyB 1; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0029831765     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00195180     Document Type: Article

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