Magnetoreception through cryptochrome may involve superoxide

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4804-4813

  Solov'yov, Ilia A ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^b  

^a FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; FLAVIN ADENOSINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIRD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MAGNETORECEPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTORECEPTOR; QUANTUM YIELD; RADICAL REACTION; REACTION TIME; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 68949144776     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.048     Document Type: Article

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