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Lost in phototransduction: a few facts and hypotheses on cephalopod photoresponse.

A conserved glutamine plays a central role in LOV domain signal transmission and its duration.

Circadian and pharmacological regulation of casein kinase I in the hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus.

Involvement of thyrotropin in photoperiodic signal transduction in mice.

Hydrogen bond switching among flavin and amino acid side chains in the BLUF photoreceptor observed by ultrafast infrared spectroscopy.

Day-length encoding through tonic photic effects in the retinorecipient SCN region.

Gene expression profiling of light-induced retinal degeneration in phototransduction gene knockout mice.

Acceleration of flowering during shade avoidance in Arabidopsis alters the balance between FLOWERING LOCUS C-mediated repression and photoperiodic induction of flowering.

The neural substrate of spectral preference in Drosophila.

Jellyfish vision starts with cAMP signaling mediated by opsin-G(s) cascade.

A novel GCAP1(N104K) mutation in EF-hand 3 (EF3) linked to autosomal dominant cone dystrophy.

Unique transducins expressed in long and short photoreceptors of lamprey Petromyzon marinus.

Spectral sensitivities of photoreceptors and their role in colour discrimination in the green-backed firecrown hummingbird (Sephanoides sephaniodes).

Genetically encoded photoswitching of actin assembly through the Cdc42-WASP-Arp2/3 complex pathway.

The acute light-induction of sleep is mediated by OPN4-based photoreception.

Signal transducing membrane complexes of photoreceptor outer segments.

Simple photoreceptors in some invertebrates: physiological properties of a new photosensory modality.

Human and Drosophila cryptochromes are light activated by flavin photoreduction in living cells.

Retinal mechanisms determine the subadditive response to polychromatic light by the human circadian system.

Activation of 5-HT2C receptors acutely induces Per1 gene expression in the rat SCN in vitro