Acuity of a cryptochrome and vision-based magnetoreception system in birds

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-49

  Solov'Yov, Ilia A ^a   Mouritsen, Henrik ^b   Schulten, Klaus ^c  

^a FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARK ADAPTATION; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RETINA; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYPTOCHROMES; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NIGHT VISION; ORIENTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RETINA; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 77954338555     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.03.053     Document Type: Article

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