The phytochrome family: Dissection of functional roles and signalling pathways among family members

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1374, 1998, Pages 1399-1403

  Quail, Peter H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis phy mutants; Photomorphogenesis; Phytochromes; Seedling development; Sensory photoreceptors; Signalling pathways

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032578425     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0294     Document Type: Article

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