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CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS: Enhanced: A White Collar Protein Senses Blue Light
Hartmut Linden
The fungus Neurospora responds to blue light with a variety of physiological responses, including the synthesis of photoprotective pigments and spore formation. In his Perspective, Linden discusses new work (He et al., Froehlich et al.) that identifies the WC-1 protein of Neurospora as the long-sought fungal photoreceptor responsive to blue light.
The author is at the Lehrstuhl für Physiologie und Biochemie der Pflanzen, Universität Konstanz, D-78434 Konstanz, Germany. E-mail: hartmut.linden{at}uni-konstanz.de
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