Cryptochrome Interacts With Actin and Enhances Eye-Mediated Light Sensitivity of the Circadian Clock in Drosophila melanogaster

Cryptochrome Interacts With Actin and Enhances Eye-Mediated Light Sensitivity of the Circadian Clock in Drosophila melanogaster

Cryptochromes (CRYs) are a class of flavoproteins that sense blue light. In animals, CRYs are expressed in the eyes and in the clock neurons that control sleep/wake cycles and are implied in the generation and/or entrainment of circadian rhythmicity. Moreover, CRYs are sensing magnetic fields in ins...

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Main Authors: Matthias Schlichting, Dirk Rieger, Paola Cusumano, Rudi Grebler, Rodolfo Costa, Gabriella M. Mazzotta, Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Subjects:
Drosophila melanogaster
cryptochrome
F-actin
phototransduction
activity rhythms
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2018.00238/full

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