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Light Sensing in Plants

Publication year: 2005

ISBN: 978-4-431-27092-8

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This volume presents overviews of and the latest findings in many of the interconnected aspects of plant photomorphogenesis, including photoreceptors (phytochromes, cryptochromes, and phototropins), signal transduction, photoperiodism, and circadian rhythms, in 42 chapters. Also included, is a prologue by Prof. Masaki Furuya that gives an overview of the historical background.


Subject: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Chloroplast, Nucleotide, Phytochrome, Protein, biology, development, evolution, growth, photosynthesis, plant, plant development, plant growth, plants, plasma membrane, regulation