Missense mutation in the amino terminus of phytochrome A disrupts the nuclear import of the photoreceptor

Plant Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-118

  Sokolova, Vladyslava ^a   Bindics, János ^a,b   Kircher, Stefan ^b   Ádám, Éva ^a   Schäfer, Eberhard ^b   Nagy, Ferenc ^a,c   Viczián, András ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84855254815     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.186288     Document Type: Article

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