Photoreceptor development in premetamorphic and metamorphic Xenopus laevis

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 383-387

  Parker, Ryan O ^a   Mccarragher, Brent ^b   Crouch, Rosalie ^a   Darden, Alix G ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The Citadel ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Green rod; Opsin; Photoreceptor; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; ROD OPSINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77149135756     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21079     Document Type: Article

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