Light-dependent magnetoreception: Quantum catches and opponency mechanisms of possible photosensitive molecules

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3171-3178

  Johnsen, Sönke ^a   Mattern, Erin ^b   Ritz, Thorsten ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptochrome; Magnetoreception; Navigation; Orientation; Vision

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; FLAVOPROTEIN; MELANOPSIN; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FLAVOPROTEINS; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; OPSIN; ORIENTATION; PASSERIFORMES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; QUANTUM THEORY; RHODOPSIN;

AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; PASSERIFORMES; SYLVIA BORIN; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 35648989512     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.007567     Document Type: Article

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