Bat eyes have ultraviolet-sensitive cone photoreceptors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Müller, Brigitte ^a   Gloann, Martin ^a   Peichl, Leo ^a   Knop, Gabriel C ^b   Hagemann, Cornelia ^c   Ammermüller, Josef ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONGWAVE SENSITIVE OPSIN; OPSIN; SHORTWAVE SENSITIVE OPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; MAMMALIA; MICROCHIROPTERA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIROPTERA; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 68249101701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006390     Document Type: Article

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