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Phytochrome and Photomorphogenesis in Plants

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Much of the information available about the behaviour of phytochrome in plants can be brought together into a model involving association of the pigment with membranes.

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SMITH, H. Phytochrome and Photomorphogenesis in Plants. Nature 227, 665–668 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227665a0

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