Light signals, phytochromes and cross-talk with other environmental cues
Plants have evolved highly complex sensory mechanisms to monitor their surroundings and adapt their growth and development to the prevailing environmental conditions. The integration of information from multiple environmental cues enables the co-ordination of development with favourable seasonal con...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 55(2004), 395 vom: 10. Jan., Seite 271-6 |
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| Format: | Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2004
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of experimental botany |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Review Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins Phytochrome 11121-56-5 |
| Zusammenfassung: | Plants have evolved highly complex sensory mechanisms to monitor their surroundings and adapt their growth and development to the prevailing environmental conditions. The integration of information from multiple environmental cues enables the co-ordination of development with favourable seasonal conditions and, ultimately, determines plant form. Light signals, perceived via the phytochrome, cryptochrome and phototropin photoreceptor families, are especially important environmental signals. Redundancy of function among phytochromes and their interaction with blue light photoreceptors enhance sensitivity to light signals, facilitating the accurate detection of, and response to, environmental fluctuations. In this review, current understanding of Arabidopsis phytochrome functions will be summarized, in particular, the interactions among the phytochromes and the integration of light signals with directional and temperature sensing mechanisms |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 15.03.2004 Date Revised 21.11.2008 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1460-2431 |