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The phytochrome red/far-red photoreceptor superfamily

Robert A Sharrock email

Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3150, USA

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Genome Biology 2008, 9:230doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-8-230

Published: 28 August 2008

Subject areas: Biochemistry and structural biology, Cell biology, Development, Genome studies, Microbiology and parasitology, Plant biology

Abstract

Proteins of the phytochrome superfamily of red/far-red light receptors have a variety of biological roles in plants, algae, bacteria and fungi and demonstrate a diversity of spectral sensitivities and output signaling mechanisms. Over the past few years the first three-dimensional structures of phytochrome light-sensing domains from bacteria have been determined.


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