Functional characterization of visual and nonvisual pigments of American chameleon (Anolis carolinensis)

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Kawamura, Shoji ^a,b   Yokoyama, Shozo ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Vertebrates; Visual pigments; Wavelength absorption

Indexed keywords

11 CIS RETINAL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HYDROXYLAMINE; LIZARDS; OPSIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0031986508     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00160-0     Document Type: Article

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