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Monitoring Cell-autonomous Circadian Clock Rhythms of Gene Expression Using Luciferase Bioluminescence Reporters
Published on: September 27, 2012
Four easy pieces: mechanisms underlying circadian regulation of growth and development
1Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA-ARS, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA.
Abstract:
The circadian clock confers rhythms of approximately 24 hours to biological events. It elevates plant fitness by allowing plants to anticipate predictable environmental changes and organize life process to coincide with the most favorable environmental conditions. Many developmental events are circadian regulated to ensure that growth occurs at the ideal time or season relative to available resources. Circadian clock control over growth and development is often achieved through regulation of key phytohormone action. Circadian influence over the genome is widespread and the clock modulates genes involved in phytohormone synthesis and signaling, in addition to other pathways shaping growth and development. This review presents four nonmutually exclusive mechanisms by which temporal information is gleaned from the core oscillator and passed to pathways regulating plant growth and development.
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