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Kinetics of phytochrome decay in Amaranthus seedlings

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In Amaranthus seedlings the disappearance of the unstable P fr form of phytochrome does not involve dark reversion to P r . The rate constant for the decay of total phytochrome under continuous illumination is directly related to the proportion in the P fr form. This relationship allows calculations to be made of the proportion of P fr under continuous far-red illumination where the amount is too low to be measured directly.

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  1. Queen Mary College, University of London, UK

    Richard E. Kendrick & Barry Frankland

  2. Botany Department Queen Mary College, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E. I., England

    Richard E. Kendrick & Barry Frankland

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Kendrick, R.E., Frankland, B. Kinetics of phytochrome decay in Amaranthus seedlings. Planta 82, 317–320 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386434

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