Cryptochromes define a novel circadian clock mechanism in monarch butterflies that may underlie sun compass navigation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0138-0155

  Zhu, Haisun ^a   Sauman, Ivo ^b   Yuan, Quan ^a   Casselman, Amy ^a   Emery Le, Myai ^a   Emery, Patrick ^a   Reppert, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; PROTEIN PERIOD; PROTEIN TIMELESS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CRYPTOCHROME PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLUE LIGHT; BRAIN REGION; BUTTERFLY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY GENE; CRY1 GENE; CRY2 GENE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUN; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA; FLYING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SUNLIGHT;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BUTTERFLIES; CELL LINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYPTOCHROMES; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SUNLIGHT; TRANSGENES;

EID: 38949118678     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060004     Document Type: Article

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