The action mechanisms of plant cryptochromes

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 684-691

  Liu, Hongtao ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Zhao, Chenxi ^a   Pepper, Michael ^a   Lin, Chentao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; CRYPTOCHROMES; PHOTORECEPTORS, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 83055181145     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2011.09.002     Document Type: Review

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