CRYPTOCHROME2 in vascular bundles regulates flowering in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-93

  Endo, Motomu ^a   Mochizuki, Nobuyoshi ^a   Suzuki, Tomomi ^a   Nagatani, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LIGHT SIGNALS; VASCULAR BUNDLES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PHENOTYPES; PHOTORECEPTORS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34249814931     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.048157     Document Type: Article

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