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Signaling Cross Talk Under the Control of Plant Photoreceptors

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Plants have four main types of photoreceptor proteins: phytochromes (up to 5 different types with partly different functions), cryptochromes (2 types), phototropins (2 types), and UVR8. The signal transduction from these is not simple chains, they form a network, and excitation of one photoreceptor may enhance or inhibit the effect of another in a very complex manner. This chapter gives an account of these pathways and interactions.

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Jiang, L., Li, S. (2015). Signaling Cross Talk Under the Control of Plant Photoreceptors. In: Björn, L. (eds) Photobiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1468-5_14

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