Rhodopsin-like proteins in planarian eye and auricle: Detection and functional analysis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1263-1271

  Asano, Yoshiya ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^b   Ishida, Sachiko ^b   Azuma, Katsu ^c   Shinozawa, Takao ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auricle; Chemotaxis; Dugesia japonica; Eye; Fission; Photoaxis; Planarian; Rhodopsin like protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031804447     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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