Fluorescence analysis of oat phyA deletion mutants expressed in tobacco suggests that the N-terminal domain determines the photochemical and spectroscopic distinctions between phyA′ and phyA″

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 728-732

  Sineshchekov, Vitally A ^a   Clough, Richard C ^b   Jordan Beebe, Emily T ^b   Vierstra, Richard D ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0001108764     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb03354.x     Document Type: Article

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