A radical sense of direction: Signalling and mechanism in cryptochrome magnetoreception

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 435-446

  Dodson, Charlotte A ^a   Hore, P J ^a   Wallace, Mark I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptochrome; Magnetoreception; Photolyase; Radical pair hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CRYPTOCHROME; CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; DASH PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; FLAVOPROTEIN; ISOALLOXAZINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN BMAL1; PROTEIN FBXL3; QUERCETIN; RHODOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BINDING SITE; BIOPHYSICS; BIRD; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; CRY1 GENE; DEPROTONATION; DNA REPAIR; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETORECEPTION; MAGNETOSENSITIVITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOLYASE HOMOLOGY REGION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADICAL PAIR; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIN CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VISION;

AVES;

CRYPTOCHROME; MAGNETORECEPTION; PHOTOLYASE; RADICAL PAIR HYPOTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCHROMES; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; DROSOPHILA; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84883183037     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2013.07.002     Document Type: Review

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