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SUBMITTER: Damulewicz M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7066326 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Damulewicz Milena M Mazzotta Gabriella M GM
Frontiers in physiology 20200305
Cryptochromes (CRYs) are flavoproteins that are sensitive to blue light, first identified in <i>Arabidopsis</i> and then in <i>Drosophila</i> and mice. They are evolutionarily conserved and play fundamental roles in the circadian clock of living organisms, enabling them to adapt to the daily 24-h cycles. The role of CRYs in circadian clocks differs among different species: in plants, they have a blue light-sensing activity whereas in mammals they act as light-independent transcriptional represso ...[more]