Light-induced nuclear import of phytochrome-A:GFP fusion proteins is differentially regulated in transgenic tobacco and Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-133

  Kim, Lana ^a   Kircher, Stefan ^a   Toth, Reka ^b   Adam, Eva ^b   Schäfer, Eberhard ^a   Nagy, Ferenc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSOL; FAR RED LIGHT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR TRANSFER; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYTOCHROME A; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL NUCLEUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

EID: 0034119639     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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