Phytochromes, cryptochromes, phototropin: Photoreceptor interactions in plants

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-11

  Casal, Jorge J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; FLAVOPROTEIN; PHOTOTROPIN; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; BLUE LIGHT; EPISTASIS; ETIOLATION; FAR RED LIGHT; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHOTOTROPISM; PLANT; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RADIATION; RED LIGHT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEEDLING; SHADE; SHOOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033993308     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)071<0001:PCPPII>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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