Expression of visual and nonvisual opsins in American chameleon

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1867-1871

  Kawamura, Shoji ^a   Yokoyama, Shozo ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

P opsin; Parietal eye; Pineal; Retina; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; GENE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPTILE; RETINA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSIN; PHYLOGENY; PINEAL GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA;

EID: 0030798094     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00309-4     Document Type: Article

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