Phytochrome genes in higher plants: Structure,expression, and evolution

Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 99-129

  Sharrock, Robert A ^a   Mathews, Sarah ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3811-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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