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== Function == | == Function == | ||
Cryptochrome (Cry) is a flavoprotein associated with the biological clock function. In ''Drosophila melanogaster'' it is also involved in blue-light photoreception<ref>PMID:18399544</ref>. | '''Cryptochrome''' (Cry) is a flavoprotein associated with the biological clock function. In ''Drosophila melanogaster'' it is also involved in blue-light photoreception<ref>PMID:18399544</ref>. | ||
*'''Cryptochrome-1''' is a circadian clock repressor<ref>PMID:25961797</ref>. | |||
*'''Cryptochrome-2''' is a blue light receptor involved in flowering induction<ref>PMID:10476075</ref>. | |||
*'''Cryptochrome-4''' is magnetically sensitive and thus is involved in night migration of birds<ref>PMID:34163056</ref>. For details see [[Cryptochrome 4]]. | |||
See also [[JMS/cryptochrome]] and [[Period circadian protein]]. | |||
See also [[JMS/cryptochrome]]. | |||
== Disease == | == Disease == | ||