Molecular Basis for Ultraviolet Vision in Invertebrates

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 34, 2003, Pages 10873-10878

  Salcedo, Ernesto ^a   Zheng, Lijun ^a   Phistry, Meridee ^a   Bagg, Eve E ^a   Britt, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; ERG (electroretinogram); Photoreceptor; Retina; Rhodopsin; Vision

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LYSINE; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BIRD; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET VISION; VISION;

EID: 0344198010     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-34-10873.2003     Document Type: Article

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