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Phototropin from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is functional in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Feb 2005
Onodera Akihiko, Kong Sam-Geun, Doi Michio, Shimazaki Ken-Ichiro, Christie John, Mochizuki Nobuyoshi, Nagatani Akira
Abstract excerpt
Phototropin, a plant blue light photoreceptor, mediates important blue light responses such as phototropism, chloroplast positioning and stomatal opening in higher plants. In Arabidopsis thaliana, two phototoropins, phototropin 1 and 2, are known. Recently, in the unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a phototropin homolog was identified. It exhibits photochemical properties similar to those of...
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