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Goethe University Frankfurt

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The novel LITE-1 photosensor protein of the Caenorhabditis elegans nematode responds as a danger sensor to UV and blue light. LITE-1 is a light-gated ion channel and the second form of light-gated ion channel discovered to date, after the long-known rhodopsin channel of algae.

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Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation

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To be used only when reporting about the scientific work conntected to the paper Hanson et al. Current Biology 2023. Give credit to: Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation

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