Electron spin relaxation in cryptochrome-based magnetoreception
Abstract
The magnetic compass sense of migratory birds is thought to rely on magnetically sensitive radical pairs formed photochemically in cryptochrome proteins in the retina. Here we assess the impact of protein dynamics on the sensitivity of the compass.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1039/c5cp06731f
Entities
People
- Daniel R. Kattnig
- Ilia A Solov'yov
- P. J. Hore
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- European Research Council
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
- University of Kentucky
- University of Oxford
- University of Southern Denmark
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry