Human cryptochrome-1 confers light independent biological activity in transgenic Drosophila correlated with flavin radical stability.

Cryptochromes are conserved flavoprotein receptors found throughout the biological kingdom with diversified roles in plant development and entrainment of the circadian clock in animals. Light perception is proposed to occur through flavin radical formation that correlates with biological activity in...

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Main Authors: Jacqueline Vieira, Alex R Jones, Antoine Danon, Michiyo Sakuma, Nathalie Hoang, David Robles, Shirley Tait, Derren J Heyes, Marie Picot, Taishi Yoshii, Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, Guillaume Soubigou, Jean-Yves Coppee, André Klarsfeld, Francois Rouyer, Nigel S Scrutton, Margaret Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3299647?pdf=render