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Colors in the dark

Plants have the ability to regulate their growth and development according to available light (Li et al., 2012). Light perception occurs through photoreceptors, such as phytochromes, cryptochromes, and phototropins, that translate the signal inside cells where arrays of transcription factors repress or activate genes required for cellular processes (Kong and Okajima, 2016; Mawphlang and Kharshiing, 2017). One of these processes is the regulation of pigment synthesis, including chlorophylls and carotenoids.