Cryptochrome as a sensor of the blue/green ratio of natural radiation in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 401-409

  Sellaro, Romina ^a   Crepy, María ^a   Trupkin, Santiago Ariel ^a   Karayekov, Elizabeth ^a   Buchovsky, Ana Sabrina ^a   Rossi, Constanza ^a   Casal, Jorge José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77956706416     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.160820     Document Type: Article

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