Effects of exogenous thyroid hormones on visual pigment composition in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2134-2143

  Temple, Shelby E ^a   Ramsden, Samuel D ^a   Haimberger, Theodore J ^a   Veldhoen, Kathy M ^a   Veldhoen, Nik J ^a   Carter, Nicolette L ^a   Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   Hawryshyn, Craig W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expression; Fish; MSP; Opsin gene sequence; PCR; Porphyropsin; Rhodopsin; Thyroxine; Vision

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRORETINOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LIOTHYRONINE; OPSIN; PRIMER DNA; RETINOL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SEASON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONES (RETINA); DNA PRIMERS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; OPSIN; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RODS (RETINA); SEASONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; VITAMIN A;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

EID: 47949084766     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009365     Document Type: Article

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