The rhodopsin gene of the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis: Sequence and spectral tuning

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2299-2306

  Bellingham, James ^a   Morris, Alex G ^a   Hunt, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Cuttlefish; Intron; Rhodopsin; Sepia officinalis; Spectral tuning

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE SEQUENCING; INTRON; RHODOPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLOR PERCEPTION; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OCTOPUS DOFLEINI; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDA; SEPIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032142804     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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