Plants See the Blue Light

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 279; no. 5355; pp. 1323 - 1324
• Main Authors: Suárez-López, Paula, Coupland, George
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for the Advancement of Science 27.02.1998; American Association for the Advancement of Science; The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Arabidopsis - genetics; Arabidopsis - physiology; Arabidopsis Proteins; Biological and medical sciences; Botany; Carbon monoxide; Circadian Rhythm; Classical genetics, quantitative genetics, hybrids; Clocks; Cryptochromes; DNA-Binding Proteins - genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins - physiology; Drosophila Proteins; Eye Proteins; Feedback (Response); Flavoproteins - genetics; Flavoproteins - physiology; Flowering; Flowers & plants; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Genes, Plant; Genetic mutation; Genetics; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Light; Messenger RNA; Peas; Photoperiod; Photoreceptor Cells; Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate; Photoreceptors; Photosynthesis; Phytochrome - genetics; Phytochrome - physiology; Phytochrome B; Plant genetics; Plant mutation; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - physiology; Plants; Pteridophyta, spermatophyta; Receptors; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; RNA, Plant - genetics; RNA, Plant - metabolism; Transcription Factors - genetics; Transcription Factors - physiology; Vegetals; Photoreceptor; Photoperiod; Review; Gene expression; Arabidopsis thaliana; Signal transduction; Regulation(control); Gene; Cruciferae; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Flowering; Spermatophyta; Mutation
• ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
• DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5355.1323

Research indicates that carbon monoxide is transcriptionally regulated by daylength and in turn triggers flowering in plants. Research findings in plants that flower as days get shorter are also examined.