Honeybee blue- and ultraviolet-sensitive opsins: Cloning, heterologous expression in Drosophila, and physiological characterization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2412-2422

  Townson, Steven M ^a   Chang, Belinda S W ^b   Salcedo, Ernesto ^a   Chadwell, Linda V ^a   Pierce, Naomi E ^b   Britt, Steven G ^a,c  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Blue sensitive opsin; Drosophila melanogaster; Electro retinogram; Honeybee; Protein expression; Spectral tuning; Ultraviolet sensitive opsin; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE ISOLATION; HONEYBEE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR GENE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0032053409     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-07-02412.1998     Document Type: Article

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