Sequences and evolution of human and squirrel monkey blue opsin genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 378-382

  Shimmin, Lawrence C ^a   Mai, Phuong ^a   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid conservation; Blue opsin; Repetitive elements; Visual opsin

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; GENE PRODUCT; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SQUIRREL MONKEY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSIN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAIMIRI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRI BOLIVIENSIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0030932281     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006157     Document Type: Article

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