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- noun Plural form of
phytochrome .
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One type, called phytochromes, are sensitive to red and far-red light and play a major role in the making of chloroplasts and the growth of the stem, said Chen, who is the first author on the study.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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One type, called phytochromes, are sensitive to red and far-red light and play a major role in the making of chloroplasts and the growth of the stem, said Chen, who is the first author on the study.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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But when phytochromes are activated by light, they destroy the PIFs, clearing the way for chloroplast development.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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One of the first things that happens when the plant detects light is that these phytochromes move from the cell's cytoplasm to its nucleus, where the genes are kept.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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One of the first things that happens when the plant detects light is that these phytochromes move from the cell's cytoplasm to its nucleus, where the genes are kept.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Plants use phytochromes, a group of protein photoreceptors to sense different wavelengths.
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But when phytochromes are activated by light, they destroy the PIFs, clearing the way for chloroplast development.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Steve Kay got his start in plant phytochromes and is the Mister Big Science of chronobiology - always the first one to introduce new molecular techniques into the field (e.g., the first one to use DNA-chips some years ago).
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Although the phycocyanobilin (PCB) chromophore is attached to Cys-259 as expected, paralleling the situation in plant phytochromes but contrasting to that in bacteriophytochromes, the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue L.-O. Essen 2008
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In any case, the new structure gives new insights into how phytochromes are constructed and how they might work, information which help us to understand how phytochromes regulate plant development.
innovations-report 2008
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