The expression of genes encoding visual components is regulated by a circadian clock, light environment and age in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 963-970

  Sasagawa, Hiromi ^a   Narita, Ryo ^b   Kitagawa, Yasuo ^b   Kadowaki, Tatsuhiko ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Arrestin; Circadian rhythm; Honeybee; Light; Phototransduction; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN; RETINA S ANTIGEN;

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; HONEYBEE; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARRESTIN; BEES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037353762     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02528.x     Document Type: Article

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