The retina of Manduca sexta: Rhodopsin expression, the mosaic of green-, blue- and UV-sensitive photoreceptors, and regional specialization

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3337-3348

  White, Richard H ^a   Xu, Huihong ^b   Münch, Thomas A ^c   Bennett, Ruth R ^a   Grable, Erin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal rim; Manduca sexta; Regionalization; Retinal mosaic; Rhodopsin; Sphingidae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLOR PERCEPTION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MANDUCA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PLASMIDS; RHODOPSIN;

MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 0142039936     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00571     Document Type: Article

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