Phytochrome gene diversity

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 666-671

  Mathews, S ^a   Sharrock, R A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Multigene family; Nuclear gene phylogeny; Phytochrome evolution; Plant photoreceptor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0030908857     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-117.x     Document Type: Article

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