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Editorial
. 2009 Mar;21(3):698.
doi: 10.1105/tpc.109.210311. Epub 2009 Mar 13.

Opposites attract: some phytochromes do not form homodimers

Nancy R Hofmann
Editorial

Opposites attract: some phytochromes do not form homodimers

Nancy R Hofmann. Plant Cell. 2009 Mar.
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The array of phytochrome dimers found in Arabidopsis includes homo- and heterodimers. A summary of the dimer forms based on data in Figure 4C of Clack et al. (2009) is shown. Phytochromes A to E are colored red, blue, yellow, green, and orange, respectively.
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