Genetic and transgenic evidence that phytochromes A and B act to modulate the gravitropic orientation of Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyls

Plant Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 211-216

  Robson, Paul R H ^a   Smith, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030052111     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.1.211     Document Type: Article

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