The SPA quartet: A family of WD-repeat proteins with a central role in suppression of photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2293-2306

  Laubinger, Sascha ^a   Fittinghoff, Kirsten ^a   Hoecker, Ute ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

LIGHT-GROWN SEEDLINGS; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; PHYTOCHROME;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES; PHENOTYPES; PLANTS; PROTEINS; SEEDLINGS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 4544232080     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.024216     Document Type: Article

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