Occurrence and possible function of melatonin in plants a review

Endocytobiosis and Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 75-84

  Kolar J ^a,b   Machackova I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Photoperiodism; Rhythms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041630716     PISSN: 02561514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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