Effect of magnetic fields on cryptochrome-dependent responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 1193-1205

  Harris, Sue Re ^a   Henbest, Kevin B ^a   Maeda, Kiminori ^a   Pannell, John R ^a   Timmel, Christiane R ^a   Hore, P J ^a   Okamoto, Haruko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cryptochrome; Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields; Hypocotyl growth; Magnetoreception; Radical pair mechanism

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNETISM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FORESTRY; INDEPENDENT LIVING SYSTEMS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ARABIDOPSIS; CRYPTOCHROME; EXTREMELY LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HYPOCOTYL GROWTH; MAGNETORECEPTION; RADICAL-PAIR MECHANISM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ANTHOCYANIN; CRYPTOCHROME; RNA; SUCROSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLD STANDARD; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 70350490789     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0519     Document Type: Article

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