The molecular basis for UV vision in birds: Spectral characteristics, cDNA sequence and retinal localization of the UV-sensitive visual pigment of the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 541-547

  Wilkie, Susan E ^a   Vissers, Peter M A M ^b   Das, Debipriya ^a   Degrip, Willem J ^b   Bowmaker, James K ^a   Hunt, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 CIS RETINAL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OPSIN; SCHIFF BASE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BIRD; COVALENT BOND; DNA SEQUENCE; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; ARATINGA; AVES; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0032519470     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/bj3300541     Document Type: Article

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