Molecular characterization and expression of the UV opsin in bumblebees: Three ommatidial subtypes in the retina and a new photoreceptor organ in the lamina

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2347-2361

  Spaethe, Johannes ^a,b   Briscoe, Adriana D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Color vision; Photoreceptor; Ultraviolet; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OPSIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; HEXAPODA; IMPATIENS; INSECTA;

EID: 21444437222     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01634     Document Type: Article

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