cryptochrome

• In a study four years ago, Sancar found that deleting the clock gene cryptochrome in mice did not increase the incidence of cancer as had previously been expected. —  foodconsumer.org
• Therefore, in this study they modified the cryptochrome gene in mice that also had defects in a gene called P53, which is mutated in nearly half of human cancers. —  foodconsumer.org
• The researchers then wanted to know how interfering with the cryptochrome gene had reduced the incidence of cancer. —  foodconsumer.org
• Recently, the radical-pair model involving light-activated photoreceptors as magnetic field sensors has gained considerable support, and the blue-light photoreceptor cryptochrome (CRY) has been proposed as a suitable molecule to mediate such magnetosensitivity. —  PLoS Biology: New Articles
• CRY, cryptochrome; DD, constant darkness; FAD, flavin adenine dinucleotide; LED, light-emitting diode; LL, constant light; SEM, standard error of the mean; TIM, Timeless; UV, ultraviolet —  PLoS Biology: New Articles

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