Evolution of light-regulated plant promoters

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 525-555

  Argüello Astorga, Gerardo ^a   Herrera Estrella, Luis ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gene evolution; Photoreceptors; Plant evolution; Plastid nuclear interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031767170     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.49.1.525     Document Type: Article

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