Human and Drosophila cryptochromes are light activated by flavin photoreduction in living cells.
Cryptochromes are a class of flavoprotein blue-light signaling receptors found in plants, animals, and humans that control plant development and the entrainment of circadian rhythms. In plant cryptochromes, light activation is proposed to result from photoreduction of a protein-bound flavin chromoph...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18597555/pdf/?tool=EBI |