The Arabidopsis blue light receptor cryptochrome 2 is a nuclear protein regulated by a blue light-dependent post-transcriptional mechanism

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-287

  Guo, Hongwei ^a   Duong, Hien ^a   Ma, Nha ^a   Lin, Chentao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BIPARTITE NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION; BLUE LIGHT PHOTORECEPTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYL DOMAIN; CRYPTOCHROME 2; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0033180001     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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