Filamentous fungi respond to a variety of environmental signals. One of them is light,
providing critical information about orientation, or impending stress. Cells of filamentous …

Progress in understanding primary mechanisms of light reception in photoregulatory
processes is achieved through discovering new biological photoreceptors, chiefly the …

Light is necessary for asexual sporulation in Aspergillus nidulans but will elicit conidiation
only if irradiation occurs during a critical period of development. We show that conidiation is …

Phytochromes are biliprotein photoreceptors that can be photoswitched between red-light-
absorbing state (Pr) and far-red-light-absorbing state (Pfr). Although three-dimensional …

The photocontrol of carotenoid biosynthesis is shown to occur in a wide range of organisms,
particularly in the seedlings of higher plants. The nature of the photoreceptor, the …

This is a review of factors affecting carotenogenesis by the order Mucorales which includes
Phycomyces blakesleeanus, Choanephora cucurbitarum and Blakeslea trispora. The …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis. The
carotenoids constitute the most widespread group of pigments in nature. They are present in …

Circadian rhythms are a ubiquitous feature of eukaryotic physiology. Compared to the
duration of most known biochemical and physiological processes, the period length of these …

Although fungi are not able to use light as an energy source for photosynthesis, irradiation
nevertheless plays an important role in their development. During various stages of the life …

Among the mass pigments occurring in the plant kingdom, carotenoids are obviously the
most widespread ones; not only all photosynthetic organisms contain carotenoids but also …