Mechanisms of cryptochrome-mediated photoresponses in plants

Q Wang, C Lin - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Cryptochromes are blue-light receptors that mediate photoresponses in plants. The
genomes of most land plants encode two clades of cryptochromes, CRY1 and CRY2, which …

DNA damage and repair in plants–from models to crops

V Manova, D Gruszka - Frontiers in plant science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The genomic integrity of every organism is constantly challenged by endogenous and
exogenous DNA-damaging factors. Mutagenic agents cause reduced stability of plant …

Current status and recent achievements in the field of horticulture with the use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

F Bantis, S Smirnakou, T Ouzounis, A Koukounaras… - Scientia horticulturae, 2018 - Elsevier
Light-emitting diode (LED) technology has rapidly advanced the past years and it is
nowadays irrevocably linked with controlled-environment agriculture (CEA). We provide …

Ultraviolet radiation from a plant perspective: The plant-microorganism context

L Vanhaelewyn, D Van Der Straeten… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation directly affects plants and microorganisms, but also alters the
species-specific interactions between them. The distinct bands of UV radiation, UV-A, UV-B …

The cryptochromes: blue light photoreceptors in plants and animals

I Chaves, R Pokorny, M Byrdin, N Hoang… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Cryptochromes are flavoprotein photoreceptors first identified in Arabidopsis thaliana, where
they play key roles in growth and development. Subsequently identified in prokaryotes …

Shade avoidance

KA Franklin - New Phytologist, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The threat to plant survival presented by light limitation has driven the evolution of highly
plastic adaptive strategies to either tolerate or avoid shading by neighbouring vegetation …

Plant flavoprotein photoreceptors

JM Christie, L Blackwood, J Petersen… - Plant and Cell …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Plants depend on the surrounding light environment to direct their growth. Blue light (300–
500 nm) in particular acts to promote a wide variety of photomorphogenic responses …

Genome-wide analysis of human global and transcription-coupled excision repair of UV damage at single-nucleotide resolution

J Hu, S Adar, CP Selby, JD Lieb… - Genes & …, 2015 - genesdev.cshlp.org
We developed a method for genome-wide mapping of DNA excision repair named XR-seq
(excision repair sequencing). Human nucleotide excision repair generates two incisions …

Signaling mechanisms by Arabidopsis cryptochromes

J Ponnu, U Hoecker - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cryptochromes (CRYs) are blue light photoreceptors that regulate growth, development, and
metabolism in plants. In Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis), CRY1 and CRY2 possess …

The action mechanisms of plant cryptochromes

H Liu, B Liu, C Zhao, M Pepper, C Lin - Trends in plant science, 2011 - cell.com
Cryptochromes (CRY) are blue-light receptors that mediate various light responses in plants.
The photoexcited CRY molecules undergo several biophysical and biochemical changes …