The Complexity of the Pr to Pfr Phototransformation Kinetics Is an Intrinsic Property of Native Phytochrome

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 754-761

  Schmidt, Peter ^a   Gensch, Thomas ^a   Remberg, Anja ^a   Gärtner, Wolfgang ^a   Braslavsky, Silvia E ^a   Schaffner, Kurt ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

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EID: 0001393453     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb02541.x     Document Type: Article

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