Peter Quail Lab

PGEC Research Director Peter QuailPeter Quail
Light Signaling in Plants
Principal Investigator
Professor, Research Director, PGEC
Email:
quail@berkeley.edu
Phone: 510.559.5910
Fax: 510.559.5678
 
The Quail Lab researches molecular mechanisms by which light regulates gene expression in plants, focusing on the phytochromes family of photoreceptors. The photoreceptor molecule acts as a biological switch that upon perception of the light signal, triggers changes in transcription detectable within 5 minutes of stimulus. We recently developed a novel light-switchable gene promoter system potentially usable in any light-accessible eukaryotic cell system for rapid, conditional induction or repression of expression.

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