Blue and UV-A light-regulated CHS expression in Arabidopsis independent of phytochrome A and phytochrome B

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-69

  Batschauer, Alfred ^a   Rocholl, Martin ^a   Kaiser, Thomas ^a   Nagatani, Akira ^b   Furuya, Masaki ^c   Schäfer, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030020274     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.09010063.x     Document Type: Article

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