Molecular evolution of the cone visual pigments in the pure rod-retina of the nocturnal gecko, Gekko gekko

Gene

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 117-125

  Yokoyama, Shozo ^a   Blow, Nathan S ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Vertebrates; Visual pigments; Wavelength absorption

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LONG WAVELENGTH SENSITIVE PIGMENT; MIDDLE WAVELENGTH SENSITIVE PIGMENT; RHODOPSIN; SHORT WAVELENGTH SENSITIVE TYPE 1 PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; LIZARD; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0035802385     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00643-6     Document Type: Article

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