How plants tell the time

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 397, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-24

  Gardner, Michael J ^a   Hubbard, Katharine E ^a   Hotta, Carlos T ^a   Dodd, Antony N ^a   Webb, Alex A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological rhythm; Circadian clock; Photoperiodism; Plant; Temperature regulation; Timekeeping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; EARTH (PLANET); METABOLISM; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; PHOTOPERIODISM; TEMPERATURE REGULATION; TIMEKEEPING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CASEIN KINASE II; CRYPTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33745562192     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20060484     Document Type: Review

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