The mediator complex subunit PFT1 Interferes with COP1 and HY5 in the regulation of Arabidopsis light signaling

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 289-307

  Klose, Cornelia ^a   Büche, Claudia ^a,b   Fernandez, Aurora Piñas ^a,c   Schäfer, Eberhard ^a   Zwick, Eva ^a   Kretsch, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG   (Switzerland)

^c Easter Bush   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84865843645     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.197319     Document Type: Article

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