The presence of neighboring vegetation modifies the light environment experienced by plants, generating signals that are perceived by phytochromes and cryptochromes. These signals cause large changes in plant body form and ...

The dynamic light environment of vegetation canopies is perceived by phytochromes, cryptochromes, phototropins, and UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8). These receptors control avoidance responses to preclude exposure to limiting ...

Shade-avoidance responses require CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS 1 (COP1) but the mechanisms of action of COP1 under shade have not been elucidated. Using simulated shade and control conditions, we analysed: the transcriptome ...

To predict the arrival of the favorable season, plants monitor environmental variables such as light and temperature. Light is perceived by several families of photoreceptors, the phytochromes, the cryptochromes and the ...

When exposed to warmer, nonstressful average temperatures, some plant organs grow and develop at a faster rate without affecting their final dimensions. Other plant organs show specific changes in morphology or development ...

Light signals regulate plant growth and development by controlling a plethora of gene expression changes. Posttranscriptional regulation, especially pre-mRNA processing, is a key modulator of gene expression; however, the ...

Phytochromes constitute a widespread photoreceptor family that typically interconverts between two photostates called Pr (red light-absorbing) and Pfr (far-red light-absorbing). The lack of full-length structures solved ...

Photoisomerization of a protein bound chromophore is the basis of the light sensing and signaling responses of many photoreceptors. Z-to-E photoisomerization of the Pr Cph1Δ2 phytochrome has been investigated by polarization ...

Photoisomerization of a protein bound chromophore is the basis of the light sensing and signaling responses of many photoreceptors. Z-to-E photoisomerization of the Pr Cph1 Delta 2 phytochrome has been investigated by ...

Phytochrome B (phyB) senses the difference between darkness and light, the level of irradiance, the red / far-red ratio and temperature. Thanks to these sensory capacities, phyB perceives whether plant organs are buried ...