The Chromophore of Phytochrome

H. W. Siegelman, Barbara C. Turner, S. B. Hendricks

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 1966 · 85 citations · 19 references

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The chromophore of phytochrome, the plant photomorphogenic pigment, was cleaved from the associated protein. Chromatographic and spectral properties indicated that it was a bilitriene closely similar to but distinct from the chromophore of C-phycocyanin and allophycocyanin.

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