Femtosecond Spectroscopic Studies on the Red Light-Absorbing Form of Oat Phytochrome and 2,3-Dihydrobiliverdin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 585-590

  Rentsch, Sabine ^a   Hermann, Gudrun ^a   Bischoff, Mark ^a   Strehlow, Dietmar ^a   Rentsch, Manfred ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 0001590374     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb03193.x     Document Type: Article

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