Heterologous expression of Arabidopsis phytochrome B in transgenic potato influences photosynthetic performance and tuber development

Plant Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-81

  Thiele, Alexandra ^a   Herold, Michael ^a   Lenk, Ingo ^a   Quail, Peter H ^b   Gatz, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOCHROME B; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0033134127     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.120.1.73     Document Type: Article

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