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Support is accumulating for the idea that biological blue- light reception is mediated by a flavin derivative. Recently the available evidence has been reviewed comprehensively (1). With respect to these data, it is the aim of the present lecture: 1) to give a survey of the pertinent photochemical data known for the flavin chromophore; 2) to show most recent, preliminary chemical data about a flavin known to accumulate in phototropically active avena coleoptiles, the so-called “FX” first observed by Zenk (2).
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Hemmerich, P., Schmidt, W. (1980). Bluelight Reception and Flavin Photochemistry. In: Lenci, F., Colombetti, G. (eds) Photoreception and Sensory Transduction in Aneural Organisms. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 33. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9164-1_15
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