Photosensory perception and signal transduction in plants.

doi:10.1016/0959-437x(94)90131-l

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Photosensory perception and signal transduction in plants.

Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Oct 1994

Quail P H

Abstract excerpt

Genetic and molecular studies are beginning to unravel the complexities of the signaling circuitry that plants use to sense and transduce information concerning the prevailing light environment. The past year has witnessed definition of discrete photosensory roles for phytochromes A and B, the cl...

Topics

Genes, Plant
Genes, Switch
Light
Models, Biological
Mutation
Photoreceptor Cells
Phytochrome
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Plants
Second Messenger Systems
Signal Transduction
Ultraviolet Rays

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