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 …

Light signal transduction in higher plants

M Chen, J Chory, C Fankhauser - Annu. Rev. Genet., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Plants utilize several families of photoreceptors to fine-tune growth and
development over a large range of environmental conditions. The UV-A/blue light sensing …

A photoregulatory mechanism of the circadian clock in Arabidopsis

X Wang, B Jiang, L Gu, Y Chen, M Mora, M Zhu… - Nature plants, 2021 - nature.com
Cryptochromes (CRYs) are photoreceptors that mediate light regulation of the circadian
clock in plants and animals. Here we show that CRYs mediate blue-light regulation of N6 …

Photoexcited CRY2 Interacts with CIB1 to Regulate Transcription and Floral Initiation in Arabidopsis

H Liu, X Yu, K Li, J Klejnot, H Yang, D Lisiero, C Lin - science, 2008 - science.org
Cryptochromes (CRY) are photolyase-like blue-light receptors that mediate light responses
in plants and animals. How plant cryptochromes act in response to blue light is not well …

Melatonin feedback on clock genes: a theory involving the proteasome

J Vriend, RJ Reiter - Journal of pineal research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The expression of 'clock'genes occurs in all tissues, but especially in the suprachiasmatic
nuclei (SCN) of the hypothalamus, groups of neurons in the brain that regulate circadian …

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 …

CRY2 interacts with CIS1 to regulate thermosensory flowering via FLM alternative splicing

Z Zhao, C Dent, H Liang, J Lv, G Shang, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cryptochromes (CRYs) are evolutionarily conserved photolyase-like photoreceptors found
in almost all species, including mammals. CRYs regulate transcription by modulating the …

Evolution of circadian rhythms: from bacteria to human

U Bhadra, N Thakkar, P Das, MP Bhadra - Sleep medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
The human body persists in its rhythm as per its initial time zone, and transition always occur
according to solar movements around the earth over 24 h. While traveling across different …

Cryptochrome mediates light-dependent magnetosensitivity in Drosophila

RJ Gegear, A Casselman, S Waddell, SM Reppert - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Although many animals use the Earth's magnetic field for orientation and navigation,, the
precise biophysical mechanisms underlying magnetic sensing have been elusive. One …

[HTML][HTML] The cryptochrome blue light receptors

X Yu, H Liu, J Klejnot, C Lin - The Arabidopsis Book/American …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cryptochromes are photolyase-like blue light receptors originally discovered in Arabidopsis
but later found in other plants, microbes, and animals. Arabidopsis has two cryptochromes …