Spectral-tuning mechanisms of marine mammal rhodopsins and correlations with foraging depth

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 781-788

  Fasick, Jeffry I ^a   Robinson, Phyllis R ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine mammal; Mutagenesis; Neural network; Rhodopsin; Spectral tuning

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; RHODOPSIN; SERINE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIVING; DOLPHIN; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; DIVING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA); SEALS, EARLESS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; VISION;

EID: 0034503285     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252380017511X     Document Type: Article

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