Handbook of Photosensory Receptors

Copyright © 2005 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

Handbook of Photosensory Receptors

Editor(s): Winslow R. Briggs, John L. Spudich

Published Online: 26 SEP 2005

Print ISBN: 9783527310197

Online ISBN: 9783527605101

DOI: 10.1002/352760510X

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This first complete resource on photosensory receptors from bacteria, plants and animals compiles the data on all known classes of photoreceptors, creating a must-have reference for students and researchers for many years to come. Among the editors are the current and a former president of the American Society for Photobiology.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xxiii)

    2. Chapter 1

      Microbial Rhodopsins: Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity (pages 1–23)

      Prof. Dr. John L. Spudich and Kwang-Hwan Jung

    3. Chapter 2

      Sensory Rhodopsin Signaling in Green Flagellate Algae (pages 25–42)

      Oleg A. Sineshchekov and Prof. Dr. John L. Spudich

    4. Chapter 3

      Visual Pigments as Photoreceptors (pages 43–76)

      Masato Kumauchi and Thomas G. Ebrey

    5. Chapter 4

      Structural and Functional Aspects of the Mammalian Rod-Cell Photoreceptor Rhodopsin (pages 77–92)

      Najmoutin G. Abdulaev and Kevin D. Ridge

    6. Chapter 5

      A Novel Light Sensing Pathway in the Eye: Conserved Features of Inner Retinal Photoreception in Rodents, Man and Teleost Fish (pages 93–119)

      Mark W. Hankins and Russell G. Foster

    7. Chapter 6

      The Phytochromes (pages 121–149)

      Shih-Long Tu and J. Clark Lagarias

    8. Chapter 7

      Phytochrome Signaling (pages 151–170)

      Enamul Huq and Peter H. Quail

    9. Chapter 8

      Phytochromes in Microorganisms (pages 171–195)

      Richard D. Vierstra and Baruch Karniol

    10. Chapter 9

      Light-Activated Intracellular Movement of Phytochrome (pages 197–210)

      Eberhard Schäfer and Ferenc Nagy

    11. Chapter 10

      Plant Cryptochromes: Their Genes, Biochemistry, and Physiological Roles (pages 211–246)

      Alfred Batschauer

    12. Chapter 11

      Plant Cryptochromes and Signaling (pages 247–258)

      Anthony R. Cashmore

    13. Chapter 12

      Animal Cryptochromes (pages 259–276)

      Russell N. Van Gelder and Aziz Sancar

    14. Chapter 13

      Blue Light Sensing and Signaling by the Phototropins (pages 277–303)

      John M. Christie and Prof. Dr. Winslow R. Briggs

    15. Chapter 14

      LOV-Domain Photochemistry (pages 305–321)

      Trevor E. Swartz and Roberto A. Bogomolni

    16. Chapter 15

      LOV-Domain Structure, Dynamics, and Diversity (pages 323–336)

      Sean Crosson

    17. Chapter 16

      The ZEITLUPE Family of Putative Photoreceptors (pages 337–347)

      Thomas F. Schultz

    18. Chapter 17

      Photoreceptor Gene Families in Lower Plants (pages 349–369)

      Noriyuki Suetsugu and Masamitsu Wada

    19. Chapter 18

      Neurospora Photoreceptors (pages 371–389)

      Jay C. Dunlap and Jennifer J. Loros

    20. Chapter 19

      Photoactive Yellow Protein, the Xanthopsin (pages 391–415)

      Michael A. van der Horst, Johnny Hendriks, Jocelyne Vreede, Sergei Yeremenko, Wim Crielaard and Klaas J. Hellingwerf

    21. Chapter 20

      Hypericin-Like Photoreceptors (pages 417–432)

      Pill-Soon Song

    22. Chapter 21

      The Antirepressor AppA Uses the Novel Flavin-Binding BLUF Domain as a Blue-Light-Absorbing Photoreceptor to Control Photosystem Synthesis (pages 433–445)

      Shinji Masuda and Carl E. Bauer

    23. Chapter 22

      Discovery and Characterization of Photoactivated Adenylyl Cyclase (PAC), a Novel Blue-Light Receptor Flavoprotein, from Euglena gracilis (pages 447–460)

      Masakatsu Watanabe and Mineo Iseki

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      Index (pages 461–473)

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