Structure-guided engineering of plant phytochrome B with altered photochemistry and light signaling

Plant Physiology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1445-1457

  Zhang, Junrui ^a   Stankey, Robert J ^a   Vierstra, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84874595646     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.208892     Document Type: Article

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