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Time for growth

Analyses of growth kinetics in seedlings reveal exquisite connections between the signalling pathways controlled by the circadian clock and by light, and illuminate the molecular mechanisms involved.

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Figure 1: From physiological observation to molecular mechanism.

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Breton, G., Kay, S. Time for growth. Nature 448, 265–266 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/448265a

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