Exploring the possibilities for radical pair effects in cryptochrome

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 676-677

  Solov'yov, Ilia A ^a   Chandler, Danielle E ^b   Schulten, Klaus ^b  

^a FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Avian magnetoreception; Avian orientation; Cryptochrome; Magnetic field effect; Magnetic sensor; Radical pair machanism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; AVES;

EID: 50949097483     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.9.5809     Document Type: Article

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