Cryptochromes: enabling plants and animals to determine circadian time |
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| Authors: | Cashmore Anthony R |
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| Institution: | Plant Science Institute, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. cashmore@sas.upenn.edu |
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| Abstract: | Cryptochromes are flavin-containing blue light photoreceptors related to photolyases-they are found in both plants and animals and have recently been described for bacteria. In plants, cryptochromes perform a variety of functions including the entrainment of circadian rhythms. They serve a similar role in Drosophila and mammals, where the cryptochromes also perform an additional function as an essential component of the circadian clock. |
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