| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 473 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Microbial rhodopsins : phylogenetic and functional diversity / John L. Spudich and Kwang-Hwan Jung -- Sensory rhodopsin signaling in green flagellate algae / Oleg A. Sineshchekov and John L. Spudich -- Visual pigments as photoreceptors / Masato Kumauchi and Thomas Ebrey -- Structural and functional aspects of the mammalian rod-cell photoreceptor rhodopsin / Najmoutin G. Abdulaev and Kevin D. Ridge -- A novel light sensing pathway in the eye : conserved features of inner retinal photoreception in rodents, man and teleost fish / Mark W. Hankins and Russell G. Foster -- The phytochromes / Shih-Long Tu and J. Clark Lagarias -- Phytochrome signaling / Enamul Huq and Peter H. Quail -- Phytochromes in microorganisms / Richard D. Vierstra and Baruch Karniol -- Light-activated intracellular movement of phytochrome / Eberhard Schäfer and Ferenc Nagy -- Plant cryptochromes : their genes, biochemistry, and physiological roles / Alfred Batschauer -- Plant cryptochromes and signaling / Anthony R. Cashmore -- Animal cryptochromes / Russell N. Van Gelder and Aziz Sancar -- Blue light sensing and signaling by the phototropins / John M. Christie and Winslow R. Briggs -- LOV-domain photochemistry / Trevor E. Swartz and Roberto A. Bogomolni -- LOV-domain structure, dynamics, and diversity / Sean Crosson -- The ZEITLUPE family of putative photoreceptors / Thomas F. Schultz -- Photoreceptor gene families in lower plants / Noriyuki Suetsugu and Masamitsu Wada -- Neurospora photoreceptors / Jay C. Dunlap and Jennifer J. Loros -- Photoactive yellow protein, the xanthopsin / Michael A. van der Horst [and others] -- Hypericin-like photoreceptors / Pill-Soon Song -- The antirepressor AppA uses the novel flavin-binding BLUF domain as a blue-light-absorbing photoreceptor to control photosystem synthesis / Shinji Masuda and Carl E. Bauer -- Discovery and characterization of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC), a novel blue-light receptor flavoprotein, from Euglena gracilis / Masakatsu Watanabe and Mineo Iseki |
| Summary |
This first complete resource on photosensory receptors from bacteria, plants and animals compiles the data on all known classes of photoreceptors, creating a must-have reference for students and researchers for many years to come. Among the editors are the current and a former president of the American Society for Photobiology |
| Analysis |
Molecular Biology and Genetics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Genetics.
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Molecular biology.
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Photoreceptors.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Briggs, Winslow R.
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Spudich, John Lee.
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John Wiley & Sons.
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| ISBN |
3527310193 (print edition) |
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3527604855 (electronic bk.) |
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352760510X (electronic bk.) |
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9783527310197 (print edition) |
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9783527604852 (electronic bk.) |
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9783527605101 (electronic bk.) |
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