Chapter 2 Triggering of photomovement - molecular basis

Comprehensive Series in Photosciences

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2001, Pages 15-50

  Williams, René M ^a   Braslavsky, Silvia E ^a  

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Author keywords

1 and 2,; A and B,; cry1 and cry2,; cryptochrome; Fourier transform infrared; FTIR,; Pr and Pfr,; photoactive yellow protein; phyA and phyB,; phytochromes; PYP,; red and far red absorbing forms of phytochrome, respectively; respectively

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957098913     PISSN: 1568461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-461X(01)80006-5     Document Type: Article

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