Chimeric proteins between cry1 and cry2 Arabidopsis blue light photoreceptors indicate overlapping functions and varying protein stability

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-207

  Ahmad, Margaret ^a   Jarillo, Jose A ^a   Cashmore, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANIN; BLUE LIGHT PHOTORECEPTOR; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0032004230     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.2.197     Document Type: Article

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