GLK transcription factors coordinate expression of the photosynthetic apparatus in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1109-1128

  Waters, Mark T ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Korkaric, Muris ^a   Capper, Richard G ^b   Saunders, Nigel J ^c   Langdale, Jane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD GENE TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; HARNESS;

EID: 66149173501     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.065250     Document Type: Article

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