Animal cryptochromes mediate magnetoreception by an unconventional photochemical mechanism

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7282, 2010, Pages 804-807

  Gegear, Robert J ^a   Foley, Lauren E ^a   Casselman, Amy ^a   Reppert, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; PROTEIN CYC; PROTEIN TIMELESS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FLY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTEBRATE; WAVELENGTH;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; BUTTERFLY; DROSOPHILA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MAGNETORECEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BUTTERFLIES; CRYPTOCHROMES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 76749083320     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08719     Document Type: Article

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