Immunohistochemical localization of Papilio RBP in the eye of butterflies

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1479-1486

  Wakakuwa, Motohiro ^a   Ozaki, Koichi ^b   Arikawa, Kentaro ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 hydroxyretinol; Butterfly; Immunohistochemistry; Papilio xuthus; Papilionoidea; Pigment cell; Retinoid binding protein; Tracheal cell; Visual cycle

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYRETINOL; 3-HYDROXYRETINOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN A;

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CICADIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PAPILIO; PAPILIO XUTHUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 2342566550     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00913     Document Type: Article

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