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. 2011 Aug 23;21(16):R636-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.06.058.

Circadian rhythms: FLOWERING LOCUS T extends opening hours

Katharine E Hubbard  1 , Alex A R Webb
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Circadian rhythms: FLOWERING LOCUS T extends opening hours

Katharine E Hubbard et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Plants are more sensitive to light in the day than at night due to the circadian clock. The protein that acts downstream from the clock to modulate blue light signalling in stomata comes as a surprise; it is FT, which is thought to be the long-distance regulator of flowering.

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  • FLOWERING LOCUS T regulates stomatal opening.
    Kinoshita T, Ono N, Hayashi Y, Morimoto S, Nakamura S, Soda M, Kato Y, Ohnishi M, Nakano T, Inoue S, Shimazaki K. Kinoshita T, et al. Curr Biol. 2011 Jul 26;21(14):1232-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.06.025. Epub 2011 Jul 7. Curr Biol. 2011. PMID: 21737277

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