Cryptochrome

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounAny of several light-sensitive flavoproteins, involved in the circadian rhythms of plants and animals, and possibly also in the sensing of magnetic fields.

Synonyms

cyanobacteriochrome bacteriophytochrome phytochrome chromatotrophin apophytochrome chromoproteid cryptocyanin chlamyopsin chromoprotein phytochromobilin flavocytochrome cytochrome

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