Nuclear localization of the Arabidopsis blue light receptor cryptochrome 2

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-296

  Kleiner, Oliver ^a   Kircher, Stefan ^b   Harter, Klaus ^b   Batschauer, Alfred ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACA; CRYPTOCHROME 2; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PARSLEY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033180250     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1999.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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