title: Light signal transduction mediated by phytochromes: preliminary studies and possible approaches.
abstract: Phytochromes mediate a variety of developmental and growth processes involved in the photomorphogenesis of plants. In this article, we review the current understanding of the structure and function of the photoreceptor, discuss some very preliminary results, and offer speculations and even conjectures that may elicit future studies into the molecular mechanisms of the phytochrome-mediated light signal transduction in plants.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68588, USA.
authors: P S
authors: PS
authors: Song
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Sommer
authors: T A
authors: TA
authors: Wells
authors: T R
authors: TR
authors: Hahn
authors: H J
authors: HJ
authors: Park
authors: S H
authors: SH
authors: Bhoo
mesh_terms: D008027:Light; D010834:Phytochrome / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D010834:Phytochrome