Plant and fungal photopigments

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Membrane Transport and Signaling

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-432

  Heintzen, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LIGHT OXYGEN VOLTAGE PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN WC 1; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PLANT RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 84875778196     PISSN: 2190460X     EISSN: 21904618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wmts.36     Document Type: Review

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