The structure of phytochrome: A picture is worth a thousand spectra

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-14

  Rockwell, Nathan C ^a   Lagarias, J Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE PIGMENT; PHYTOCHROME;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BILE PIGMENTS; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33645747157     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.038513     Document Type: Review

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