Fluorescence spectroscopy and photochemistry of phytochromes A and B in wild-type, mutant and transgenic strains of Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-142

  Sineshchekov, V A ^a   Ogorodnikova, O B ^a   Devlin, P F ^b   Whitelam, G C ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Etiolated plants; Fluorescence; In situ; Mutant and transgenic strains; Photochemistry; Phytochromes A and B; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

PHYTOCHROME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUTANT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PHASIANIDAE; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0032006164     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(97)00133-4     Document Type: Article

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