Submitted by Takato-Imaizumi on
Title | Arabidopsis circadian clock and photoperiodism: time to think about location |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Authors | Imaizumi T |
Journal | Curr Opin Plant Biol |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 83-9 |
Date Published | 2010 |
ISBN Number | 1879-0356 (Electronic)1369-5266 (Linking) |
Keywords | *Circadian Rhythm, *Photoperiod, Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/*metabolism, Arabidopsis/genetics/*growth & development/metabolism, DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism, Flowers/growth & development, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism |
Abstract | <p>Plants possess a circadian clock that enables them to coordinate internal biological events with external daily changes. Recent studies in Arabidopsis revealed that tissue-specific clock components exist and that the clock network architecture also varies within different organs. These findings indicate that the makeup of circadian clock(s) within a plant is quite variable. Plants utilize the circadian clock to measure day-length changes for regulating seasonal responses, such as flowering. To ensure that flowering occurs under optimum conditions, the clock regulates diurnal CONSTANS (CO) expression. Subsequently, CO protein induces FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) expression which leads to flowering. It is emerging that both CO and FT expression are intricately controlled by groups of transcription factors with overlapping functions.</p> |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=19836294 |