Light control of seedling development

Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 215-243

  Von Arnim, Albrecht ^a   Deng, Xing Wang ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Development; Light; Morphogenesis; Seedling

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 7544244935     PISSN: 10402519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.47.1.215     Document Type: Article

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