Retinal photoreceptor arrangement, SWS1 and lws opsin sequence, and electroretinography in the South American marsupial Thylamys elegans (waterhouse, 1839)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1589-1602

  Palacios, Adrián G ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^b   Vielma, Alex ^a   Arrese, Catherine A ^c   Hunt, David M ^d   Peichl, Leo ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b Unidad de Reproduccion y Desarrollo   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone opsin; Electroretinogram; Marsupials; Photoreceptors; Retina; UV vision

Indexed keywords

LONGWAVE SENSITIVE OPSIN; OPSIN; SHORTWAVE SENSITIVE OPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; LIGHT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPOSSUMS; OPSINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77949341648     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22292     Document Type: Article

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