Phytochrome structure: A new methodologi
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Cristiano Ruch Werneck GuimarΓ£es; Joaquim Delphino Da Motta Neto; Ricardo Bicca
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Higher plants use the protein phytochrome as a photosensor. In physiological temperatures phytochrome exists in two forms: Pr and Pfr. The chromophore of phytochrome is an open-chain tetrapyrrole. On the pathway from Pr to Pfr four Ε½ . intermediates Lumi-R, Meta-Ra, Meta-Rb, and Meta-Rc can be disti