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Nature Cell Biology 2, E102 - E104 (2000)
doi:10.1038/35014095
COP1 patrols the night beat
Raymond J. Deshaies1 & Elliot Meyerowitz1
- Raymond J. Deshaies and Elliot Meyerowitz are in the Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
Correspondence to: Raymond J. Deshaies1 e-mail: deshaies@its.caltech.edu or e-mail: meyerow@caltech.edu
Abstract
Light regulates the behaviour of many organisms. New data indicate that the greening of plants is facilitated by light-dependent stabilization of a transcription factor that is rapidly degraded in darkness. Thus, photomorphogenesis joins cell division and circadian rhythm as another critical biological process that is governed by proteolysis.
