Tuning in to the signals controlling photoregulated gene expression in plants

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 5801-5806

  Mustilli, Anna Chiara ^a   Bowler, Chris ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Photoregulated gene expression; Phytochromes; Plants; Signal transduction; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT DNA; SUCROSE;

CHLOROPLAST; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CARBOHYDRATES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOCHROME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030803303     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7590554     Document Type: Short Survey

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