Light signalling in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 125-133

  Whitelam, Garry C ^a   Devlin, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cryptochrome; Light signalling; Mutants; Photomorphogenesis; Photoreceptor; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0031895356     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(98)80097-1     Document Type: Review

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