Shadow on the Plant: A Strategy to Exit

Christian Fankhauser; Alfred Batschauer

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.12.043

Shadow on the Plant: A Strategy to Exit

Cell. 2016 Jan 14;164(1-2):15-17. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.12.043.

Authors

Christian Fankhauser¹, Alfred Batschauer²

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: christian.fankhauser@unil.ch.
² Faculty of Biology, Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Photobiology, Philipps-Universität, 35043 Marburg, Germany. Electronic address: batschau@staff.uni-marburg.de.

PMID: 26771482
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.12.043

Abstract

The light spectrum perceived by plants is affected by crowding, which results in the shade avoidance syndrome (SAS). Findings presented by Pedmale et al. bring cryptochromes to the forefront of SAS and elucidate a fascinating molecular crosstalk between photoreceptor systems operating in different wavebands.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Arabidopsis / metabolism*
Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism*
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors / metabolism*
Cryptochromes / metabolism*

Substances

Arabidopsis Proteins
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
Cryptochromes