Flowering time: from photoperiodism to florigen.
An Arabidopsis blue-light receptor, Cry2, has been found to play a critical role in the photoperiodic control of flowering time; and genes have been identified that may control the production of a transmissible flower-inducing signal, which may turn out to be the long-elusive putative flowering hormone 'florigen'.
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Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Wartik Laboratory, University Park 16802-5301, USA. mah@cshl.org
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D056931:Cryptochromes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005136:Eye Proteins; D005420:Flavoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008027:Light; D017440:Photoperiod; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000502:physiology*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000254:growth & development*; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D012098:Reproduction / Q000528:radiation effects; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C092776:CONSTANS protein, Arabidopsis; C538962:CRY1 protein, Arabidopsis; D056931:Cryptochromes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005136:Eye Proteins; D005420:Flavoproteins; C112487:Id1 protein, plant; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D010940:Plant Proteins; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D014157:Transcription Factors; C119828:cry protein, Drosophila