Evidence of a light-sensing role for folate in Arabidopsis cryptochrome blue-light receptors

Molecular Plant

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-74

  Hoang, Nathalie ^a   Bouly, Jean Pierre ^a   Ahmad, Margaret ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; HEXAPODA;

4 HYDROXY 3 OXOBUTYL 1 PHOSPHONIC ACID; 4-HYDROXY-3-OXOBUTYL-1-PHOSPHONIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CRY2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CRYPTOCHROME; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FOLIC ACID; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; RIBOFLAVIN DERIVATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPAIR; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CRYPTOCHROMES; DNA REPAIR; FLAVINS; FLUORESCENCE; FOLIC ACID; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3-PHOSPHATE; LIGHT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 48349113795     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssm008     Document Type: Article

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