The Aureochrome Photoreceptor PtAUREO1a Is a Highly Effective Blue Light Switch in Diatoms

Summary: Aureochromes represent a unique type of blue light photoreceptors that possess a blue light sensing flavin-binding LOV-domain and a DNA-binding bZIP domain, thus being light-driven transcription factors. The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, a member of the essential marine primary producer...

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Main Authors: Marcus Mann, Manuel Serif, Thomas Wrobel, Marion Eisenhut, Shvaita Madhuri, Samantha Flachbart, Andreas P.M. Weber, Bernard Lepetit, Christian Wilhelm, Peter G. Kroth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220309275