Tansley Review No. 103: Biological clocks in Arabidopsis thaliana

New Phytologist

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-197

  Millar, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Photoperiodism; Photoreceptor; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0032910652     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00349.x     Document Type: Review

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