Molecular cloning of cone opsin genes and their expression in the retina of a smelt, Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis, Teleostei)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-205

  Minamoto, Toshifumi ^a   Shimizu, Isamu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); Cone opsin gene; Double cone; Gene duplication; In situ hybridization; Retina; RT PCR; Single cone

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAKE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPRING; SUMMER;

PLECOGLOSSINAE; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 11844259419     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.09.028     Document Type: Article

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