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Phototaxis

A direct response in response to the presence of light in organism, where a positive effect sees the organism move towards the light and a negative one away from the light.


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The Fiber Disease

... by transient absorption measurements Sunil Kateriya, Markus Fuhrmann and Peter Hegemann: Chlamyopsin-3 (COP3) as a potential photoreceptor of phototaxis in green algae Srinivasa Reddy, Markus Fuhrmann and Peter Hegemann: Gene silencing in Chlamydomonas rheinhardtii by using antisense technology ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:01 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... sp. strain TM1040 chemotaxis in establishing and maintaining its interaction with P. piscicida is discussed..... see following: for chemotaxis, or phototaxis? symbiont to algae? just asking........ http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=492323 Back to prokaryote and eukaryote ...

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by Skytroll
Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:30 pm
 
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Centipedes and light

Do centipedes have a negative phototaxis or a positive phototaxis?[/quote]

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by Lalalathemonkey
Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:14 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Insects attracted to light
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The Fiber Disease

... signal reception module) Receptors need a receiver domain (e.g. a ligand-binding domain for chemotaxis, or a light-absorbing chromophore in phototaxis). Their activation is forwarded by a transducer protein that contains a signalling domain. The architecture of receptors and transducers ...

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by Skytroll
Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:07 am
 
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Maggot Behaviour

... behaviour that would be useful for my coursework. Subjects of particular interest are how blowfly larvae respond to light and information on phototaxis and kinesis. Thanks very much! :)

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by Coraleen212
Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:04 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Maggot Behaviour
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