The photoreactions of recombinant phytochrome CphA from the cyanobacterium Calothrix PCC7601: A low-temperature UV-Vis and FTIR study

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 239-249

  Schwinté, Pascale ^a   Gärtner, Wolfgang ^b   Sharda, Shivani ^b   Mroginski, Maria Andrea ^c   Hildebrandt, Peter ^c   Siebert, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOCHROME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

CYANOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHYTOCHROME; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

CALOTHRIX; CALOTHRIX SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 58349119908     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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