Multiple visual pigments in a photoreceptor of the salamander retina

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-34

  Makino, Clint L ^a,b   Dodd, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

opsin; photosensitivity; spectral sensitivity; UV sensitive cone; vision

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SALAMANDER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; PHOTORECEPTORS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINA; URODELA;

EID: 0030008653     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.108.1.27     Document Type: Article

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