Arabidopsis cryptochrome 1 is a soluble protein mediating blue light-dependent regulation of plant growth and development

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 893-902

  Lin, Chentao ^a,b   Ahmad, Margaret ^a   Cashmore, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CRYPTOCHROME; CRYPTOCHROME PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOLUBILITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SOLUBILITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030295187     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.10050893.x     Document Type: Article

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