One rhodopsin per photoreceptor: Iro-C genes break the rule

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 675-677

  Stavenga, Doekele G ^a   Arikawa, Kentaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

BUTTERFLY; CELL MATURATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; GANGLION; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; HOUSE FLY; IROQUOIS COMPLEX GENE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CONE; SHORT SURVEY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 43249129995     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060115     Document Type: Short Survey

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