Cryptochrome expression in the eye of migratory birds depends on their migratory status

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 918-923

  Fusani, Leonida ^a   Bertolucci, Cristiano ^a   Frigato, Elena ^a   Foà, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Cryptochrome; Magnetic orientation; Magnetoreception; Nocturnal migration; Zugunruhe

Indexed keywords

AVIAN PROTEIN; CRYPTOCHROME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD MIGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EYE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAGNETIC ORIENTATION; MAGNETORECEPTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOCTURNAL MIGRATION; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; ZUGUNRUHE;

BIRD MIGRATION; CRYPTOCHROME; MAGNETIC ORIENTATION; MAGNETORECEPTION; NOCTURNAL MIGRATION; ZUGUNRUHE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CRYPTOCHROMES; EYE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIODICITY; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84906077120     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.096479     Document Type: Article

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