Magnetoreception: activated cryptochrome 1a concurs with magnetic orientation in birds

The radical pair model proposes that the avian magnetic compass is based on radical pair processes in the eye, with cryptochrome, a flavoprotein, suggested as receptor molecule. Cryptochrome 1a (Cry1a) is localized at the discs of the outer segments of the UV/violet cones of European robins and chic...

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Autores principales: Nießner, Christine, Denzau, Susanne, Stapput, Katrin, Ahmad, Margaret, Peichl, Leo, Wiltschko, Wolfgang, Wiltschko, Roswitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.0638

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.0638

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