Analysis of the function of the photoreceptors phytochrome B and phytochrome D in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia and Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 790-796

  Fernández, Aurora Piñas ^a   Gil, Patricia ^a   Valkai, Ildiko ^b   Nagy, Ferenc ^b   Schäfer, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Light signalling; Nicotiana plumbaginifolia; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHYB PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYD PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOBACCO;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; APOPROTEINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME B; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 20444413067     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci073     Document Type: Article

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