The phytochrome photoreceptor in the green alga Mesotaenium caldariorum: Implication for a conserved mechanism of phytochrome action

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 691-699

  Wu, S H ^a   Lagarias, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast movement; Green alga; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; MESOTAENIUM; MESOTAENIUM CALDARIORUM;

EID: 0030971780     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-121.x     Document Type: Article

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