Symphony of rhythms in the Xenopus laevis retina

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 360-372

  Anderson, Francesca E ^a   Green, Carla B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Clock; Melatonin; Nocturnin; Photoreceptor; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

AMINES; HORMONES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; VISION;

CIRCADIAN; CULTURE SYSTEMS; FLOWTHROUGH; MELATONIN; NOCTURNIN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR LAYERS; TRANSGENICS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

CLOCKS;

DOPAMINE; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL ADAPTATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033848738     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20000901)50:5<360::aid-jemt5>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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