The amino-terminus of phytochrome A contains two distinct functional domains

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-257

  Jordan, Emily T ^a   Cherry, Joel R ^a,b   Walker, Joseph M ^a   Vierstra, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; AVENA SATIVA;

PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OAT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AVENA SATIVA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOBACCO;

EID: 0030087691     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.09020243.x     Document Type: Article

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