Photoreceptors in Arabidopsis thaliana: Light perception, signal transduction and entrainment of the endogenous clock

Planta

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-16

  Fankhauser, Christian ^a   Staiger, Dorothee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Circadian rhythm; Cryptochrome; Endogenous clock; Photoreceptor; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

GENES; IRRADIATION; PIGMENTS;

PHOTORECEPTORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

CRYPTOCHROME; CRYPTOCHROME PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PHYTOCHROME;

ARABIDOPSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHYTOCHROME; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036834175     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0831-4     Document Type: Review

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