Light detection and signal transduction in the BLUF photoreceptors

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-179

  Masuda, Shinji ^a,b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BLUF; Cyanobacteria; Flavin; Photoreceptor; Purple bacteria; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIADENOSINE PYROPHOSPHATE; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATE; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

BIOFILM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYANOBACTERIA; DARKNESS; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; LIGHT; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84874285825     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs173     Document Type: Review

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