Molecular convergence of infrared vision in snakes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-48

  Yokoyama, Shozo ^a   Altun, Ahmet ^a   Denardo, Dale F ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ankyrin repeats; infrared vision; parallel evolution; snakes; transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) proteins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANKYRIN; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL A1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED VISION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SNAKE; VISION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BOIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNELS; VIPERIDAE; VISION, OCULAR;

BOIDAE; CROTALINAE; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 78650439411     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq267     Document Type: Article

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