Spectral tuning of a circadian photopigment in a subterranean 'blind' mammal (Spalax ehrenbergi)

FEBS Letters

Volumn 461, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-347

  David Gray, Zoë K ^a   Cooper, Howard M ^b   Janssen, Jannie W H ^c   Nevo, Eviatar ^d   Foster, Russell G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blind mammal; Circadian photopigment; LWS photopigment; Spalax ehrenbergi; Spectral tuning

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLE RATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSIN; RETINA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI; SPALACINAE; SPALAX;

EID: 0032742096     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01455-6     Document Type: Article

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