Photomorphogenesis: Phytochrome takes a partner!

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages

  Whitelam, Garry C ^a   Halliday, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CRYPTOCHROME; CRYPTOCHROME PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PHYA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYB PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; PIF3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; ONION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL NUCLEUS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; ONIONS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033602380     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80135-3     Document Type: Note

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