A novel retinol-binding protein in the retina of the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2436-2445

  Wakakuwa, Motohiro ^a   Arikawa, Kentaro ^a   Ozaki, Koichi ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Retinol binding protein; Rhodopsin; Visual cycle; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

11 CIS HYDROXYRETINOL; 3 HYDROXYRETINOL; LIGAND; PAPILIO RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CYTOPLASM; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOMER; LIGHT; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BUTTERFLIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYTOPLASM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LIGANDS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETINA; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; RHODOPSIN; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN A;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; PAPILIO; PAPILIO XUTHUS; PAPILIONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037986141     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03614.x     Document Type: Article

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