Phytochrome ancestry: Sensors of bilins and light

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 357-366

  Montgomery, Beronda L ^a   Lagarias, J Clark ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BILE PIGMENT; PHYTOCHROME;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILE PIGMENTS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOCHROME; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 0036676141     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(02)02304-X     Document Type: Review

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