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The role of mutants in the search for the photoreceptor for phototropism in higher plants.
Plant, cell & environment - 1 Jan 1997
Briggs W R, Liscum E
Abstract excerpt
Early attempts to identify the chromophore of the photoreceptor for phototropism are reviewed. Carotenoids and flavins were the principal candidates, but studies with grass coleoptiles devoid of carotenoids suggest that at least in these organs carotenoids are most unlikely to play that role. The status of characterization of a gene for a putative photoreceptor protein is also reviewed. As the action spectrum for...
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