Three opsin-encoding cDNAs from the compound eye of Manduca sexta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2469-2478

  Chase, Michael R ^a   Bennett, Ruth R ^a   White, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound eye; Lepidoptera; Manduca sexta; Opsin cDNA; Rhodopsin; Sphingidae

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETINA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSIN; RETINA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MANTIS RELIGIOSA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 0031238726     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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