A domestication-associated gene, CsLH, encodes a phytochrome B protein that regulates hypocotyl elongation in cucumber.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10509825 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
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A domestication-associated gene, CsLH, encodes a phytochrome B protein that regulates hypocotyl elongation in cucumber.
Liu Bin B Weng Jinyang J Guan Dailu D Zhang Yan Y Niu Qingliang Q López-Juez Enrique E Lai Yunsong Y Garcia-Mas Jordi J Huang Danfeng D
Molecular horticulture 20210616 1
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