The BIC Protein Inhibits Cryptochromes (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles

The BIC Protein Inhibits Cryptochromes

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This model shows that a cryptochrome exists as a single protein in the dark, and becomes two proteins bound together that regulate plant growth, as depicted by a flowering Arabidopsis plant on the right. The BIC protein inhibits cryptochromes.

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Wang Qin/UCLA

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