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LIGHT SIGNALING

Photobodies reveal their secret

Nature Plants volume 7, pages 1326–1327 (2021)Cite this article

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Light-induced ‘speckles’, or photobodies, have been long known in plants, but the mechanistic basis of their formation along with their cellular function have remained a mystery. Answers to both questions have now been provided.

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Fig. 1: Mechanism of CRY2 photobody formation and induced mRNA methylation.

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  2. USDA/ARS Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, CA, USA

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Quail, P.H. Photobodies reveal their secret. Nat. Plants 7, 1326–1327 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01010-z

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