Spectral tuning of shortwave-sensitive visual pigments in vertebrates

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 303-310

  Hunt, David M ^a   Carvalho, Lívia S ^a   Cowing, Jill A ^a   Parry, Juliet W L ^a   Wilkie, Susan E ^a   Davies, Wayne L ^a   Bowmaker, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON; SCHIFF BASE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTONS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SCHIFF BASES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VERTEBRATES;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247257293     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-06-27-IR-952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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