In contrast to hormone-hormone integration, recent data suggest that light and plant hormone pathways share common signaling components, which allows photoreceptors to influence the growth program.

For the first time, the researchers have also been able to emulate natural cell-cell communication using these proto-cells -- based on the model of photoreceptors in the eye. This opens up new ...

Plants sense a broader range of light wavelengths ... Arabidopsis thaliana possesses five different photoreceptors for red and far-red light, at least two different classes of proteins that ...