Molecular cloning of Bombyx cerebral opsin (boceropsin) and cellular localization of its expression in the silkworm brain

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-34

  Shimizu, I ^a   Yamakawa, Y ^a   Shimazaki, Y ^b   Iwasa, T ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Brain; Extraocular photoreceptor; Opsin; Photoperiodic photoreception

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILKWORM;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0035860187     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5540     Document Type: Article

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