Different Phototransduction Kinetics of Phytochrome A and Phytochrome B in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1533-1538

  Casal, Jorge J ^a   Cerdán, Pablo D ^b   Staneloni, Roberto J ^b   Cattaneo, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; PHYA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYB PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GLUCURONIDASE; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032037506     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.4.1533     Document Type: Article

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