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A transgene encoding a blue-light receptor, phot1, restores blue-light responses in the Arabidopsis phot1 phot2 double mutant.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Feb 2004
Doi Michio, Shigenaga Ayako, Emi Takashi, Kinoshita Toshinori, Shimazaki Ken-Ichiro
Abstract excerpt
Phototropins (phot1 and phot2) are suggested to be multifunctional blue-light (BL) receptors mediating phototropism, chloroplast movement, stomatal opening, and leaf expansion. The Arabidpsis phot1 phot2 double mutant lacks all of these responses. To confirm the requirement of phototropins in BL...
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