Evidence that zeaxanthin is not the photoreceptor for phototropism in maize coleoptiles

Plant Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1323-1328

  Palmer, Julie M ^a,b   Warpeha, Katherine M F ^a,c   Briggs, Winslow R ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE; NORFLURAZON; PYRIDAZINE DERIVATIVE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; COTYLEDON; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTROPISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; COTYLEDON; DARKNESS; HERBICIDES; LIGHT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHOTOTROPISM; PYRIDAZINES; XANTHOPHYLLS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030112656     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.4.1323     Document Type: Article

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