The VLF loci, polymorphic between ecotypes Landsberg erecta and Columbia, dissect two branches of phytochrome A signal transduction that correspond to very-low-fluence and high-irradiance responses

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 659-667

  Yanovsky, Marcelo J ^a   Casal, Jorge J ^a   Luppi, Juan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0031239429     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.d01-19.x     Document Type: Article

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