Obligate heterodimerization of Arabidopsis phytochromes C and e and interaction with the PIF3 basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor

Plant Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 786-799

  Clack, Ted ^a   Shokry, Ahmed ^a   Moffet, Matt ^a   Liu, Peng ^a   Faul, Michael ^a   Sharrock, Robert A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 66449131214     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.065227     Document Type: Article

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