Phototaxis in Chlamydodon mnemosyne: Determination of the illuminance-response curve and the action spectrum

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-40

  Selbach, Matthias ^a   Häder, Donat Peter ^b   Kuhlmann, Hans Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action spectrum; Blue light photoreceptors; Chlamydodon mnemosyne; Illuminance response curve; Phototaxis

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN DERIVATIVE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CHLAMYDODON MNEMOSYNE;

EID: 0033103430     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(99)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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