Reaching out of the shade

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 462-468

  Vandenbussche, Filip ^a   Pierik, Ronald ^b   Millenaar, Frank F ^b   Voesenek, Laurentius A C J ^b   Van Der Straeten, Dominique ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOHORMONE;

ADAPTATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 23944484952     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2005.07.007     Document Type: Review

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