Absence of functional short-wavelength sensitive cone pigments in hamsters (Mesocricetus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 429-439

  Williams, Gary A ^a   Jacobs, Gerald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Hamsters; Mesocricetus; Opsin gene mutations; Short wavelength sensitive cone pigments

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLOR VISION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RETINA CONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYRIAN HAMSTER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); CRICETINAE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; MESOCRICETUS; OPSIN; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RADIO WAVES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 42549105583     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0316-4     Document Type: Article

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