Article
Phototropin-related NPL1 controls chloroplast relocation induced by blue light.
Nature - 19 Apr 2001
Jarillo J A, Gabrys H, Capel J, Alonso J M, Ecker J R, Cashmore A R
Abstract excerpt
In photosynthetic cells, chloroplasts migrate towards illuminated sites to optimize photosynthesis and move away from excessively illuminated areas to protect the photosynthetic machinery. Although this movement of chloroplasts in response to light has been known for over a century, the photoreceptor mediating this process has not been identified. The Arabidopsis gene NPL1 (ref. 2) is a paralogue of the NPH1...
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