THE CRYPTOCHROME FAMILY OF PHOTORECEPTORS

Authors
CASHMORE AR
Citation
Ar. Cashmore, THE CRYPTOCHROME FAMILY OF PHOTORECEPTORS, Plant, cell and environment, 20(6), 1997, pp. 764-767
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Plant, cell and environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01407791
Volume
20
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
764 - 767
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-7791(1997)20:6<764:TCFOP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
CRY1, the primary photoreceptor responsible for blue Light-mediated in hibition of hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana, has been cha racterized, The properties of CRY1, and those of the related protein C RY2, and their relationship to the photolyase family of flavoproteins are discussed.