A novel rhodopsin-like gene expressed in zebrafish retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-335

  Morrow, James M ^a   Lazic, Savo ^b   Chang, Belinda S W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Teleost vision; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN LIKE 1 PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN LIKE 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FISH GENETICS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYPRINIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RETINA; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RHODOPSIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 80055030837     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523811000010     Document Type: Article

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