Structural characterization and transcriptional pattern of two types of carp rhodopsin gene

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-45

  Su, Chih Ying ^a   Lim, Jormay ^a   Tsai, Huai Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyprinus carpio; Fish; Genomic structure; PCR; Photoreceptor; Rhodopsin; Sequence comparison; Type discrimination

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 0034045037     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00149-2     Document Type: Article

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