| MECHANISM OF ACTION |
to turn on plant growth. The protein triggers the biochemical pathway that tells plants to start growing at dawn, in the presence of red light. Although a plant pigment called phytochrome was known to be involved in this biol. clock, the exact mechanism of the physiological response of plants to light hasn't been well understood until now. The protein appears to be a gene-activating factor. In plants, the protein converts phytochrome into a form that cranks up a cell's photosynthetic machinery |
| UPDATE | 10.99 |
| AUTHOR |
Choi Gitsu; Molecular geneticist, Kumho Life Science Lab Song Pill-Soon; University of Nebraska |
| LITERATURE REF. | Nature, 10.1999 |
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