Cryptochrome blue-light photoreceptors of Arabidopsis implicated in phototropism.

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Cryptochrome blue-light photoreceptors of Arabidopsis implicated in phototropism.

Nature - 16 Apr 1998

Ahmad M, Jarillo J A, Smirnova O, Cashmore A R

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Phototropism-bending towards the light-is one of the best known plant tropic responses. Despite being reported by Darwin and others over a century ago to be specifically under the control of blue light, the photoreceptors mediating phototropism have remained unknown. We have characterized a blue-...

Topics

Anthocyanins
Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis Proteins
Cryptochromes
Drosophila Proteins
Eye Proteins
Flavoproteins
Mutation
Photoreceptor Cells
Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate
Phototropism
Plant Proteins
Plants, Genetically Modified
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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