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BLUE and near ultraviolet light controls several metabolic and physiological processes in organisms ranging through bacteria1, fungi2 and algae3,4 to vascular plants5 and animals6,7. The similarity of the action spectra of these various light-induced responses (all have action maxima at about 470 nm) suggests a common photoreceptor pigment system which controls these different cellular processes. We have looked for light-induced absorbance changes that might be related to such a pigment system.
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POFF, K., BUTLER, W. Absorbance changes induced by blue light in Phycomyces blakesleeanus and Dictyostelium discoideum. Nature 248, 799–801 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248799a0
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