How Chlamydomonas keeps track of the light once it has reached the right phototactic orientation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1562-1572

  Schaller, Klaus ^a   David, Ruth ^a   Uhl, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; PHOTON; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTAXIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS;

EID: 0030876985     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78188-8     Document Type: Article

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