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A Plant Cryptochrome Controls Key Features of the Chlamydomonas Circadian Clock and Its Life Cycle.
Plant physiology - 1 May 2017
Müller Nico, Wenzel Sandra, Zou Yong, Künzel Sandra, Sasso Severin, Weiß Daniel, Prager Katja, Grossman Arthur, Kottke Tilman, Mittag Maria
Abstract excerpt
Cryptochromes are flavin-binding proteins that act as blue light receptors in bacteria, fungi, plants, and insects and are components of the circadian oscillator in mammals. Animal and plant cryptochromes are evolutionarily divergent, although the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Chlamydomonas throughout) has both an animal-like cryptochrome and a plant cryptochrome (pCRY; formerly designated CPH1)....
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