The role of mutants in the search for the photoreceptor for phototropism in higher plants

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 768-772

  Briggs, W R ^a   Liscum, E ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue light; Carotenoid; Cryptochrome; Flavin; Nph mutants; Phototropism; Pterin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031007626     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-116.x     Document Type: Article

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