A portable integrated automatic apparatus for the real-time monitoring of bioluminescence in plants

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1305-1315

  Okamoto, Kazuhisa ^a,b   Onai, Kiyoshi ^a   Furusawa, Takayoshi ^c   Ishiura, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^c Aloka Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Bioluminescence; Circadian rhythm; CONSTANS; Luciferase; Monitoring; Monitoring apparatus; Real time; Synechococcus; Thermophile; Thermosynechococcus

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOMONITORING; GENE EXPRESSION; MONITORING SYSTEM; PLANT; REAL TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 26044482820     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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