Cloning of the gene encoding honeybee long-wavelength rhodopsin: A new class of insect visual pigments

Gene

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-219

  Chang, Belinda S W ^a,c   Ayers, Donald ^b   Smith, W Clay ^b   Pierce, Naomi E ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCZ Labs   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; G protein coupled receptor; Hymenoptera; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny; Vision; Wavelength regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; HONEYBEE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030590372     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00165-5     Document Type: Article

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