Phenotypic characterization of a photomorphogenic mutant

Plant Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 747-760

  Fankhauser, Christian ^a   Casal, Jorge J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cryptochrome; Light signalling; Phototropin; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; MONITORING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CRYPTOCHROMES; PHONOTYPES; PHOTOBIOLOGICAL DEFECTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CRYPTOCHROME; FLAVOPROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHROME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 4544352058     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02148.x     Document Type: Review

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