Ultraviolet and violet receptors express identical mRNA encoding an ultraviolet-absorbing opsin: Identification and histological localization of two mRNAs encoding short-wavelength-absorbing opsins in the retina of the butterfly Papilio xuthus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2887-2894

  Kitamoto, J ^a   Ozaki, K ^a   Arikawa, K ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butter fly; Colour; Compound eye; Fluorescence; Insect; Ommatidium; Papilio xuthus; Photoreceptor; Retina; Rhodopsin; Vision

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN; PAPILIO XUTHUS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033758861     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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