Evolution of opsins and phototransduction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1531, 2009, Pages 2881-2895

  Shichida, Yoshinori ^a   Matsuyama, Take ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cones; Evolution; Opsin; Phototransduction; Retinal; Rods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; JELLYFISH; PHOTORECEPTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 70349672702     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0051     Document Type: Review

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