Arabidopsis phytochrome B promotes SPA1 nuclear accumulation to repress photomorphogenesis under far-red light

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-133

  Zheng, Xu ^a   Wu, Suowei ^a,e   Zhai, Huqu ^a   Zhou, Peng ^a   Song, Meifang ^a   Su, Liang ^a   Xi, Yulin ^a   Li, Zhiyong ^a   Cai, Yingfan ^b   Meng, Fanhua ^a   Yang, Li ^a   Wang, Haiyang ^c,d   Yang, Jianping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e State Key Laboratory of Main Crops Germplasm Innovation   (China)

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EID: 84874531592     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.107086     Document Type: Article

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