How plants sense temperature is a longstanding and little-understood question. Researchers have discovered some of the mechanisms involved. A recent study in Nature adds a new mechanism—among the first in which the biophysical behavior of a single protein regulates the … Continue reading
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Plants sense temperature with help of elegant protein
Categories: Journal Club | Plant Biology
Tagged amino acids, Arabidopsis, ELF3, flowering, meristem, NTL8, protein, temperature, thermosensing
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Journal Club: Fruit flies’ internal circadian clocks continually check the temperature
As a fruit fly sails from sunshine into a patch of shade, its temperature drops by 10 degrees F or so. Immediately, certain neurons in its brain spring into action, telling the fly’s circadian clock about the temperature change. By … Continue reading
Categories: Biochemistry | Genetics | Journal Club | Neuroscience
Tagged chronobiology, circadian rhythms, drosophila, fruit fly, neurons, sleep-wake cycle, temperature
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