Vertebrate Rhodopsin Adaptation to Dim Light via Rapid Meta-II Intermediate Formation

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 506-519

  Sugawara, Tohru ^a,b   Imai, Hiroo ^b   Nikaido, Masato ^a   Imamoto, Yasushi ^b   Okada, Norihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bat; Cichlid; Meta II; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; RHODOPSIN; RNA; SERINE; TRANSDUCIN; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; AFRICA; ALTOLAMPROLOGUS CALVUS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BAILEYCHROMIS CENTROPOMOIDES; BAT; BLEACHING; BLUE LIGHT; CICHLID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH GENETICS; GENE; KINETICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSIN GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CICHLIDS; KINETICS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHYLOGENY; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RHODOPSIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77249117674     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp252     Document Type: Article

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