The Action Spectrum for Shifting the Phase of the Rhythm of Luminescence in Gonyaulax polyedra

Hastings , J. Woodland; Sweeney , Beatrice M.

doi:10.1085/jgp.43.4.697

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The Action Spectrum for Shifting the Phase of the Rhythm of Luminescence in Gonyaulax polyedra

J. Woodland Hastings,

J. Woodland Hastings

From the Division of Biochemistry, Noyes Laboratory of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

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Beatrice M. Sweeney

From the Division of Biochemistry, Noyes Laboratory of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

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J. Woodland Hastings

From the Division of Biochemistry, Noyes Laboratory of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

Beatrice M. Sweeney

From the Division of Biochemistry, Noyes Laboratory of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

Received: June 08 1959

Online ISSN: 1540-7748

Print ISSN: 0022-1295

Copyright, 1960, by The Rockefeller Institute

1960

J Gen Physiol (1960) 43 (4): 697–706.

https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.43.4.697

The action spectrum for changing the phase of the rhythm of luminescence in the marine dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra has been determined. Maxima in effectiveness were found at 475 and 650 mµ. The significance of these findings is discussed.

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