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Review
. 2005 Oct 25;15(20):R829-32.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.001.

Photosensing fungi: phytochrome in the spotlight

Alexander Idnurm  1 , Joseph Heitman
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Photosensing fungi: phytochrome in the spotlight

Alexander Idnurm et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Red light triggers asexual development and represses sexual development in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans. This response has been shown to require a phytochrome red/far-red light photoreceptor, FphA, which is cytoplasmic and binds a tetrapyrrole chromophore. FphA exhibits similarities to both plant and bacterial phytochromes.

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