Cryptochrome magnetoreception: four tryptophans could be better than three
The biophysical mechanism of the magnetic compass sensor in migratory songbirds is thought to involve photo-induced radical pairs formed in cryptochrome (Cry) flavoproteins located in photoreceptor cells in the eyes. In Cry4a – the most likely of the six known avian cryptochromes to have a magnetic...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Royal Society
2021
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