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F-BOX PROTEIN SIGNALLING

Dark night, cold ground

Nature Plants volume 3, pages 846–847 (2017)Cite this article

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Plant growth and development depend on the integration of environmental cues with endogenous signals. Two recent manuscripts provide molecular insights into the mechanism of signal transduction for light and temperature, finding that both impinge on the stability of the PIF3 transcription factor.

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Fig. 1: Schematic representation of EBF1/2 regulation and functions in different environmental conditions.

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Potuschak, T., Genschik, P. Dark night, cold ground. Nature Plants 3, 846–847 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-017-0043-3

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