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ReviewInterface focus2013

Magnetic field effects in flavoproteins and related systems.

Emrys W Evans, Charlotte A Dodson, Kiminori Maeda, Till Biskup, C J Wedge, Christiane R Timmel

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Review in Interface focus, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Spin-Dependent Photoluminescence in Carbon-Based Quantum Dots.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  8. Spin Dynamics of Flavoproteins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  11. Localisation of cryptochrome 2 in the avian retina.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2022
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  12. Towards the Idea of Molecular Brains.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  13. Cellular autofluorescence is magnetic field sensitive.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  19. Engineering an Artificial Flavoprotein Magnetosensor.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Emrys W EvansCentre for Advanced Electron Spin Resonance, Department of Chemistry , University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR , UK.
Charlotte A DodsonChemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry , University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA , UK.
Kiminori MaedaCentre for Advanced Electron Spin Resonance, Department of Chemistry , University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR , UK.
Till BiskupInstitut für Physikalische Chemie , Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg , Albertstraße 21, 79104 Freiburg , Germany.
C J WedgeDepartment of Physics , University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL , UK ; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry , University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ , UK.
Christiane R TimmelCentre for Advanced Electron Spin Resonance, Department of Chemistry , University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR , UK.
Science Oxford · GBMansfield University · USUniversity of Freiburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Within the framework of the radical pair mechanism, magnetic fields may alter the rate and yields of chemical reactions involving spin-correlated radical pairs as intermediates. Such effects have been studied in detail in a variety of chemical systems both experimentally and theoretically. In recent years, there has been growing interest in whether such magnetic field effects (MFEs) also occur in biological systems, a question driven most notably by the increasing body of evidence for the involvement of such effects in the magnetic compass sense of animals. The blue-light photoreceptor cryptochrome is placed at the centre of this debate and photoexcitation of its bound flavin cofactor has indeed been shown to result in the formation of radical pairs. Here, we review studies of MFEs on free flavins in model systems as well as in blue-light photoreceptor proteins and discuss the properties that are crucial in determining the magnetosensitivity of these systems.

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cryptochromemagnetic compassmagnetic field effectphotolyaseradical pair mechanism

Identifiers

PMID24511388
PMCPMC3915827
OpenAlexW2131049245

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