"For the first time, we realized that the effect of these photoreceptors is not everywhere along the stem." This first-of-its ...

But until now, they weren't sure where in the seedling these photoreceptors acted and had to look at the entire plant to study the resulting phenomena. "For the first time, we realized that the ...

After completing a PhD at the University of Warwick and a postdoc at the University of California, Los Angeles, Silverthorne joined the department of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at ...

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.

Plant responses to light are multiple. Light is an energy source, converted to sugars by photosynthesis. It is also a signal sensed by specific photoreceptors for red, blue and UV-B radiation.