Action spectrum for the photophobic response of Ciona intestinalis (Ascidieacea, Urochordata) larvae implicates retinal protein

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-362

  Nakagawa, Masashi ^a   Miyamoto, Takayuki ^a   Ohkuma, Mahito ^a   Tsuda, Motoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; UROCHORDATA;

EYE PROTEIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EYE PROTEINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0033190926     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb08149.x     Document Type: Article

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