Phytochrome control of phototropism and chlorophyll accumulation in the apical cells of protonemal filaments of wildtype and an aphototropic mutant of the moss Ceratodon purpureus

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-58

  Lamparter, Tilman ^a   Esch, Heike ^a   Cove, David ^b   Hartmann, Elmar ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue light photoreceptor; Ceratodon purpureus; Phototropism; Phycocyanobilin; Phytochrome (chromophore); Regulation of chlorophyll synthesis

Indexed keywords

CERATODON PURPUREUS;

EID: 0030973999     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029084     Document Type: Article

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