Primary structure of locust opsins: A speculative model which may account for ultraviolet wavelength light detection

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 495-503

  Towner, Paul ^a   Harris, Phil ^b   Wolstenholme, Adrian J ^c   Hill, Christiane ^d   Worm, Karl ^d   Gärtner, Wolfgang ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

cDNA; G protein coupled receptor; Insect visual pigment; PCR; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSIN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031106878     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00198-8     Document Type: Article

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