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COP1 patrols the night beat

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Light regulates the behaviour of many organisms. New data indicate that the greening of plants is facilitated by light-dependent stabilization of a transcription factor that is rapidly degraded in darkness. Thus, photomorphogenesis joins cell division and circadian rhythm as another critical biological process that is governed by proteolysis.

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Figure 1: Genetic model for control of photomorphogenesis.
Figure 2: Putative functions of CSN in protein degradation.

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Deshaies, R., Meyerowitz, E. COP1 patrols the night beat. Nat Cell Biol 2, E102–E104 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35014095

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