Identification of phytochrome B amino acid residues mutated in three new phyB mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 302, 1996, Pages 1449-1455

  Bradley, J Marie ^a,c   Murphy, George P ^a   Whitelam, Garry C ^b   Harberd, Nicholas P ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; missense mutations; phyB mutants; phytochrome

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030466224     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.9.1449     Document Type: Article

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