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. 1966 Oct;41(8):1289–1292. doi: 10.1104/pp.41.8.1289

The Chromophore of Phytochrome

H W Siegelman 1,1, B C Turner 1, S B Hendricks 1
PMCID: PMC550520  PMID: 16656399

Abstract

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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