Spectra of human L cones

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3663-3670

  Kraft, Timothy W ^a   Neitz, Jay ^b   Neitz, Maureen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Action spectrum; Colour vision; Electrophysiology; Human cone pigments; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONES (RETINA); DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0031689860     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00371-4     Document Type: Article

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