Roles of different phytochromes in Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 752-758

  Whitelam, G C ^a   Devlin, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Mutants; Photomorphogenesis; Photoreceptor; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0030957915     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-100.x     Document Type: Article

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