Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several photoreceptive pigments in green plants that regulate processes such as flowering and seed germination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
xanthophyl .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry Any of a class of
pigments that control mostphotomorphogenic responses in higherplants .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The photoreceptors gather in discrete spots known as phytochrome nuclear bodies.
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The photoreceptors gather in discrete spots known as phytochrome nuclear bodies.
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The root of angiosperm phylogeny inferred from duplicate phytochrome genes.
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PIFs tended to aggregate around these phytochrome nuclear bodies before being destroyed.
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He identified a new gene, hemera, that seems to be required for both the localization and the signaling of phytochrome.
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Institute, ran genetic screens for mutants with abnormal phytochrome nuclear bodies.
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In a series of experiments with hemera mutants, the team found these plants tended to have smaller phytochrome nuclear bodies and were unable to remove PIFs in light, which could explain why the mutants weren't making chloroplasts.
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Institute, ran genetic screens for mutants with abnormal phytochrome nuclear bodies.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In an earlier study, Chen had found that the size and number of phytochrome nuclear bodies was directly related to light intensity.
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In a series of experiments with hemera mutants, the team found these plants tended to have smaller phytochrome nuclear bodies and were unable to remove PIFs in light, which could explain why the mutants weren't making chloroplasts.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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