Regulation of photomorphogenesis by expression of mammalian biliverdin reductase in transgenic arabidopsis plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 675-688

  Lagarias, Donna M ^a   Crepeau, Marc W ^a   Maines, Mahin D ^b   Lagarias, J Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031131634     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.5.675     Document Type: Article

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