Photoreceptor-specific efficiencies of β-carotene, zeaxanthin and lutein for photopigment formation deduced from receptor mutant Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 429-436

  Stark, W S ^a   Schilly, D ^a   Christianson, J S ^a   Bone, R A ^b   Landrum, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Retinoids; Rhodopsia; Visual pigment; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; CAROTENOIDS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LUTEIN; MUTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; ORA; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

EID: 0025310557     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00192014     Document Type: Article

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