Magnetic-field effect on the photoactivation reaction of Escherichia coli DNA photolyase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 14395-14399

  Henbest, Kevin B ^a   Maeda, Kiminori ^a   Hore, P J ^a   Joshi, Monika ^b   Bacher, Adelbert ^b   Bittl, Robert ^c   Weber, Stefan ^d   Timmel, Christiane R ^a   Schleicher, Erik ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian compass; Cryptochrome; Flavoprotein; Radical pair states; Transient absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; QUERCETIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVINS; FREE RADICALS; KINETICS; MAGNETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 55749098499     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803620105     Document Type: Article

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