Non-angiosperm phytochromes and the evolution of vascular plants

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 612-622

  Schneider Poetsch, Hansjörg A W ^a   Kolukisaoglu, Üner ^a   Clapham, David H ^b   Hughes, Jon ^c   Lamparter, Tilman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Divergence time of gymnosperms; Mono and dicotyledons; Phylogeny of Psilotum and Tmesipteris; Phytochrome ancestors; Phytochrome evolution versus paleobotany; Phytochrome gene families

Indexed keywords

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYCAS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETIC DIVERGENCE; GINKGO BILOBA; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOCHROME; PSILOTUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0031833491     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1020417.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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