Vertebrate-like βγ-crystallins in the ocular lenses of a copepod

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-298

  Cohen, Jonathan H ^a,e   Piatigorsky, Joram ^b   Ding, Linlin ^c   Colley, Nansi J ^d   Ward, Rebecca ^d   Horwitz, Joseph ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalocera ornata; Copepod; Crystallin; Lens; Vision

Indexed keywords

BETA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPEPOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-CRYSTALLINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; COPEPODA; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; RATS;

EID: 16444378540     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0594-4     Document Type: Article

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