Characterization of photoreceptor cell types in the little brown bat Myotis lucifugus (Vespertilionidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 412-418

  Feller, K D ^a   Lagerholm, S ^a   Clubwala, R ^a   Silver, M T ^a   Haughey, D ^a   Ryan, J M ^a   Loew, E R ^b   Deutschlander, M E ^a   Kenyon, K L ^a  

^a HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Cone; Microchiroptera; Opsin; Photoreceptor; Rod; Ultraviolet; Vision

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

MAMMALIA; MICROCHIROPTERA; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 73049096677     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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