Although it has been known for almost half a century that migratory birds can detect the
direction of the Earth's magnetic field, the primary sensory mechanism behind this …

The article presents the result of a study which examined DNA repair through photolyase in
Escherichia coli and nucleotide excision repair in both microorganism and humans. The …

The mammalian circadian clock consists of a transcription–translation feedback loop (TTFL)
composed of CLOCK–BMAL1 transcriptional activators and CRY–PER transcriptional …

Three major classes of flavin photosensors, light oxygen voltage (LOV) domains, blue light
sensor using FAD (BLUF) proteins and cryptochromes (CRYs), regulate diverse biological …

Drosophila cryptochrome (dCRY) is a FAD-dependent circadian photoreceptor, whereas
mammalian cryptochromes (CRY1/2) are integral clock components that repress …

Photoreceptor flavoproteins of the LOV, BLUF, and cryptochrome families are ubiquitous
among the three domains of life and are configured as UVA/blue-light systems not only in …

Animals partition their daily activity rhythms through their internal circadian clocks, which are
synchronized by oscillating day–night cycles of light. The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster …

Cryptochromes (CRY) are flavoproteins that direct a diverse array of developmental
processes in response to blue light in plants. Conformational changes in CRY are induced …

The photolyase/cryptochrome (PHR/CRY) family is a large group of proteins with similar
structure but very diverge functions such as DNA repair, circadian clock resetting and …

The cryptochrome/photolyase (CRY/PL) family of photoreceptors mediates adaptive
responses to ultraviolet and blue light exposure in all kingdoms of life,,,,. Whereas PLs …