Take your sunscreen: plant photoreceptor systems in Serritaenia testaceovaginata

J Exp Bot. 2024 Jun 7;75(11):3206-3208. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae175.

Abstract

This article comments on:

Busch A, Gerbracht JV, Davies K, Hoecker U, Hess S. 2024. Comparative transcriptomics elucidates the cellular responses of an aeroterrestrial zygnematophyte to UV radiation. Journal of Experimental Botany 75, 3624–3642.

Keywords: Light signalling; UVR8; lignin; phytochrome; streptophyte algae; transcriptome analysis; ultraviolet radiation.

MeSH terms

  • Asteraceae / metabolism
  • Asteraceae / physiology
  • Photoreceptors, Plant* / metabolism

Substances

  • Photoreceptors, Plant