The rod and green cone opsins of two avian species, the budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus, and the mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchus

Gene

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 121-126

  Heath, Lesley A ^a   Wilkie, Susan E ^a   Bowmaker, James K ^a   Hunt, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Opsins; Photoreceptors; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONES (RETINA); DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DUCKS; HUMANS; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSIN; PARROTS; RODS (RETINA); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031578828     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00531-3     Document Type: Article

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