Alternative radical pairs for cryptochrome-based magnetoreception

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 95, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Alpha A ^a,b   Lau, Jason C S ^a   Hogben, Hannah J ^a   Biskup, Till ^a   Kattnig, Daniel R ^a   Hore, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal navigation; Flavin; Magnetic compass; Radical pair mechanism; Spin dynamics

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOMAGNETISM; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PROTEINS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; FLAVIN; FLAVIN ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC COMPASS; QUANTUM SPIN DYNAMICS; RADICAL PAIR MECHANISM;

FREE RADICAL REACTIONS;

ACRIFLAVINE; CRYPTOCHROME; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; FREE RADICAL; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCHROMES; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FREE RADICALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84901393397     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1063     Document Type: Article

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