The visual pigments of a deep-sea myctophid fish Myctophum nitidulum Garman; an HPLC and spectroscopic description of a non-paired rhodopsin-porphyropsin system

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 937-945

  Hasegawa, E I ^a   Sawada, K ^b   Abe, K ^b   Watanabe, K ^b   Uchikawa, K ^b   Okazaki, Y ^c   Toyama, M ^d   Douglas, R H ^e  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Myctophid; Porphyropsin; Rhodopsin; Spectral sensitivity; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MYCTOPHIDAE; MYCTOPHUM NITIDULUM; PISCES;

EID: 39749084801     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01772.x     Document Type: Article

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