Isolation of freshwater and deep-sea type opsin genes from the common Japanese conger

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 313-324

  Zhang, H ^a   Futami, K ^c   Yamada, Y ^b   Horie, N ^b   Okamura, A ^b   Utoh, T ^b   Mikawa, N ^b   Tanaka, S ^b   Okamoto, N ^c   Oka, H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common Japanese conger; Deep sea type opsin; Freshwater type opsin

Indexed keywords

GENE;

ANGUILLIDAE; ANGUILLIFORMES; CONGER; CONGER CONGER; CONGER MYRIASTER;

EID: 0036699536     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2002.2020     Document Type: Article

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