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cryptochromes
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cryptochromes [′krip·tə‚krōm]
(cell and molecular biology)
Light-sensitive proteins found in both plants and animals that detect and change conformation in response to blue light; in animals, they play an important role in circadian rhythm.
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His postdoctoral collaborator, Ilia Solov'yov, of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, did not know that superoxide was toxic, seeing it instead as an ideal reaction partner in a biochemical process involving the protein cryptochrome in a bird's eye.
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Cryptochrome is found in the nerve layers of birds' eyes.
Living physics: from green leaves to bird brains, biological systems ... by Gaidos, Susan / Science News
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lohmann, who was not involved with the new research, says that the study shows "quite convincingly that cryptochrome really is involved in animals' detection of magnetic fields.
Magnetic sense linked to molecule by Yeager, Ashley / Science News for Kids
 
 
 
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