Changes in the relaxation of electrochromic shifts of photosynthetic pigments and in the levels of mRNA transcripts in leaves of Pisum sativum as a result of exposure to supplementary UV-B radiation. The dependency on the intensity of the photosynthetically active radiation

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-67

  Strid, Åke ^a   Chow, W S ^b   Anderson, Jan M ^b  

^a Lundbergslaboratoriet   (Sweden)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Electrochromic shift; Gene expression; mRNA transcripts; Pisum sativum; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0030069271     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a028914     Document Type: Article

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