Patterned rhodopsin expression in R7 photoreceptors of mosquito retina: Implications for species-specific behavior

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 516, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-342

  Hu, Xiaobang ^a   England, James H ^a   Lani, Aaron C ^a   Tung, Jennifer J ^a   Ward, Nicholas J ^a   Adams, Sheila M ^a   Barber, Kathleen A ^a   Whaley, Michelle A ^a   O'Tousa, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Mosquito vision; Retinal patterning; UV sensitivity; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

OP2 RHODOPSIN; OP8 RHODOPSIN; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; NONHUMAN; OMMATIDIUM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; R7 PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; INSECT PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RHODOPSIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 69449089098     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22114     Document Type: Article

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