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Phytochrome Cph1 from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803

Purification, assembly, and quaternary structure

Tilman Lamparter¹,
Berta Esteban¹,
Jon Hughes²

Article first published online: 20 DEC 2001

DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02395.x

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European Journal of Biochemistry

Volume 268, Issue 17, pages 4720–4730, 2001September 2001

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Lamparter, T., Esteban, B. and Hughes, J. (2001), Phytochrome Cph1 from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803. European Journal of Biochemistry, 268: 4720–4730. doi: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02395.x

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Freie Universitaet Berlin, Pflanzenphysiologie, Germany;
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Universitaet Giessen, Pflanzenphysiologie, Giessen, Germany

^* T. Lamparter, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Pflanzenphysiologie, Koenigin Luise Str. 12–16, D-14195 Berlin, Germany. Fax: + 49 30 838 54357, Tel.: + 49 30 838 54918, E-mail: lamparte@zedat.fu-berlin.de.

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Article first published online: 20 DEC 2001
(Received 17 April 2001, revised 28 June 2001, accepted 9 July 2001)

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