A novel human opsin in the inner retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 600-605

  Provencio, Ignacio ^a   Rodriguez, Ignacio R ^b   Jiang, Guisen ^a   Hayes, William Pär ^c   Moreira, Ernesto F ^b   Rollag, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Melanopsin; Opsin; Photoreceptor; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE STRUCTURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MELANOPHORE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034651110     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-02-00600.2000     Document Type: Article

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