Decoding of light signals by plant phytochromes and their interacting proteins

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2008, Pages 281-311

  Bae, Gabyong ^a   Choi, Giltsu ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Light signaling; Photosensory; Phytochrome interacting protein; PIF3; PIL5; Protein degradation

Indexed keywords

PHYTOCHROME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CELL NUCLEUS; GENETICS; GERMINATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL NUCLEUS; GERMINATION; LIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 44949106384     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.59.032607.092859     Document Type: Review

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