Article
Cryptochromes are required for phytochrome signaling to the circadian clock but not for rhythmicity.
The Plant cell - 1 Dec 2000
Devlin P F, Kay S A
Abstract excerpt
The circadian clock is entrained to the daily cycle of day and night by light signals at dawn and dusk. Plants make use of both the phytochrome (phy) and cryptochrome (cry) families of photoreceptors in gathering information about the light environment for setting the clock. We demonstrate that the phytochromes phyA, phyB, phyD, and phyE act as photoreceptors in red light input to the clock and that phyA and the...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Circadian Rhythm
- Cryptochromes
- DNA Primers
- Darkness
- Drosophila Proteins
- Epistasis, Genetic
- Eye Proteins
- Flavoproteins
- Light
- Mutation
- Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate