TY - JOUR
AU - Briggs, W R
AB -  Red, far-red, blue, ultraviolet-A, and ultraviolet-B light together have dramatic effects on the development of higher plants through a wide range of transduc­ tion chains that in sum define the phenomenon of photomorphogenesis. The phytochromes, well-known mediators of photomorphogenesis in the R and FR regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, have been studied in detail at the biochemical, genetic, and molecular genetic l evels (45,113). Despite consider­ able research during the past two decades (63, 131, 132, 133) thc B- and UV-absorbing photosensory systems have remained elusive. There has been no definitive isolation and characterization of a higher plant B photoreceptor. In many cases [e.g. phototropism (65)] the approach has been mostly inferen­ tial, with responses of the whole organ or organism used to deduce properties of the photoreceptor and the signal transduction chain. Only in the last few years have meaningful inroads been made into understanding a few of the possible intracellular signal transduction chains mediating B-activated photo­ morphogenic processes in higher plants. In this review we evaluate B- and UV -A-dependent photosensory systems in the context of recent studies in which some understanding has been achieved, and in which some progress has been made in defining systems 
TI - The Transduction of Blue Light Signals in Higher Plants
JF - Annual Review of Plant Biology
DO - 10.1146/annurev.pp.45.060194.001043
DA - 1994-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/annual-reviews/the-transduction-of-blue-light-signals-in-higher-plants-6JFFAR15vs
SP - 143
EP - 171
VL - 45
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -