Tobacco phytochromes: Genes, structure and expression

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 678-684

  Adam, E ^a   Kozma Bognar, L ^a   Schafer, E ^b   Nagy, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phytochrome A; Phytochrome B; Tissue specificity; Tobacco; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0031007367     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-120.x     Document Type: Article

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