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- noun biochemistry Any of a class of
photoreceptor flavoproteins that mediatephototropism in higher plants.
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Examples
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YtvA, shared the strongest homology with the plant phototropin gene, and began to investigate the question.
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"First evidence for phototropin-related blue-light receptors in prokaryotes,"
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"First evidence for phototropin-related blue-light receptors in prokaryotes,"
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YtvA, shared the strongest homology with the plant phototropin gene, and began to investigate the question.
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Kennis JT, Crosson S, Gauden M, van Stokkum IH, Moffat K, et al. (2003) Primary reactions of the LOV2 domain of phototropin, a plant blue-light photoreceptor.
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