Cryptochrome mediates light-dependent magnetosensitivity of Drosophila's circadian clock

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 0813-0819

  Yoshii, Taishi ^a   Ahmad, Margaret ^b   Helfrich Förster, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RED LIGHT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETISM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYPTOCHROMES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETICS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE;

EID: 65949114846     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000086     Document Type: Article

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