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ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2025

Cryptochrome 4b protein is probably irrelevant for radical pair-based magnetoreception in the European robin.

Jingjing Xu, Alisha Bhanu Pattani Ameerjan, Jonathan Hungerland, Georg Langebrake, Tina Ravnsborg, Ole N Jensen, Jessica Schmidt, Rabea Bartölke, Takaoki Kasahara, Baladev Satish and 6 more

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Article in Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Jingjing XuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Region Syddanmark, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0311-5711
Alisha Bhanu Pattani AmeerjanInstitute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7216-6788
Jonathan HungerlandInstitute of Physics, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5128-263X
Georg LangebrakeInstitute of Physics, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8114-5962
Tina RavnsborgDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Region Syddanmark, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6376-621X
Ole N JensenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Region Syddanmark, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-1862-8528
Jessica SchmidtInstitute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8393-4532
Rabea BartölkeInstitute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2531-747X
Takaoki KasaharaInstitute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0953-5146
Baladev SatishInstitute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-0086-6094
Leonard SchwigonInstitute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0009-0004-1453-2638
Karin DedekInstitute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1490-0141
Arne W NolteInstitute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5272-8269
Miriam LiedvogelInstitute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8372-8560
Ilia A SolovyovInstitute of Physics, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8626-145X
Henrik MouritsenInstitute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7082-4839

Funding

Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftEuropean Research CouncilFederal Ministry of Education and ResearchLundbeck FoundationMinistry for Science and Culture of Lower SaxonyNovo NordiskVolkswagen Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Avian cryptochrome 4 (Cry4) protein is a putative magnetosensitive molecule facilitating precise long-distance navigation in migratory birds. Two splice variants of Cry4 have been reported in the European robin (

Indexed as

Avian ProteinsCryptochromesSongbirdsAnimal MigrationAnimalsFlavin-Adenine DinucleotideMagnetic FieldsAvian ProteinsCryptochromesFlavin-Adenine Dinucleotideavian magnetoreceptionbiochemistrybiophysicscryptochromeflavin-boundphotochemical radical pairsprotein expression

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PMID40829642
PMCPMC12364574

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