Immunohistochemical characterization of a parapinopsin-containing photoreceptor cell involved in the ultraviolet/green discrimination in the pineal organ of the river lamprey Lethenteron japonicum

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3821-3829

  Kawano Yamashita, Emi ^a,b   Terakita, Akihisa ^b,c   Koyanagi, Mitsumasa ^b   Shichida, Yoshinori ^c,d   Oishi, Tadashi ^e   Tamotsu, Satoshi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Nara Saho College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antagonistic chromatic response; Ganglion cell; Parapinopsin; Pineal organ; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

FISH PROTEIN; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RIVER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FISH PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREYS; LIGHT; NERVE NET; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PINEAL GLAND; RHODOPSIN; RIVERS;

LAMPETRA AYRESII; LETHENTERON JAPONICUM; PETROMYZONTIDAE;

EID: 36749057745     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.007161     Document Type: Article

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