Functional expression of a locust visual pigment in transgenic Drosophila melanogaster

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1917-1922

  Engels, Armin ^a   Reichert, Heinrich ^b   Gehring, Walter J ^c   Gärtner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Drosophila melanogaster; Ectopic expression; Electrophysiology; Insect visual pigment

Indexed keywords

11 CIS RETINAL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATOPHORE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; DIGITONIN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VECTORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034113751     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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