Visual pigment composition in zebrafish: Evidence for a rhodopsin-porphyropsin interchange system

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 945-952

  Allison, W Ted ^a   Haimberger, Theodore J ^a   Hawryshyn, Craig W ^a   Temple, Shelby E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromophore; Giant danio; Retina; Teleost fish; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

PORPHYROPSIN; RHODOPSIN; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); RETINAL PIGMENTS; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA); SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THYROXINE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 15944385590     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523804216145     Document Type: Article

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