Flowering time: from photoperiodism to florigen

Curr Biol. 1998 Sep 24;8(19):R690-2. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70437-3.

Abstract

An Arabidopsis blue-light receptor, Cry2, has been found to play a critical role in the photoperiodic control of flowering time; and genes have been identified that may control the production of a transmissible flower-inducing signal, which may turn out to be the long-elusive putative flowering hormone 'florigen'.

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / genetics
  • Arabidopsis / physiology*
  • Arabidopsis / radiation effects
  • Arabidopsis Proteins*
  • Biological Clocks / physiology*
  • Cryptochromes
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / physiology*
  • Drosophila Proteins*
  • Eye Proteins*
  • Flavoproteins / physiology*
  • Genes, Plant
  • Light
  • Photoperiod*
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate*
  • Plant Growth Regulators / physiology*
  • Plant Proteins / physiology*
  • Plant Structures / growth & development*
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
  • Reproduction / radiation effects
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / physiology*
  • Zinc Fingers / genetics
  • Zinc Fingers / physiology

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • CONSTANS protein, Arabidopsis
  • CRY1 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Cryptochromes
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Drosophila Proteins
  • Eye Proteins
  • Flavoproteins
  • Id1 protein, plant
  • Plant Growth Regulators
  • Plant Proteins
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
  • Transcription Factors
  • cry protein, Drosophila