Genetic basis of spectral tuning in the violet-sensitive visual pigment of African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis

Genetics

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1153-1160

  Takahashi, Yusuke ^a,b   Yokoyama, Shozo ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHIMERA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; VISION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 32544455269     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.045849     Document Type: Article

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