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Accession Number:
AD1132569
Title:
Cryptochrome-Based Magnetic Sensing
Report Date:
2021-04-14
Abstract:
The sensory mechanisms that allow birds to perceive the direction of the Earth's magnetic field for the purpose of navigation are beginning to be understood. One of the two leading magnetoreception hypotheses is founded on magnetically sensitive photochemical reactions in the retina. It is thought that transient photo-induced radical pairs in cryptochrome, a blue-light photoreceptor protein, act as the primary magnetic sensor. Experimental and theoretical support for this mechanism has been accumulating over the last few years but as described in our recent review articles there are still are many open questions.
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Conference:
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Pages:
38
File Size:
20.35MB
FA9550-14-1-0095
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