Extracellular calmodulin stimulates RbcS-GUS expression of etiolated transgenic tobacco plants in full darkness

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-28

  Zhu, Yuxian ^a   Gu, Xuesong ^a   Zhao, Hongjuan ^a   Chen, Zhangliang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; Etiolation; Photoregulation; RbcS GUS expression; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031966933     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005933518948     Document Type: Article

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