The retinal mosaics of opsin expression in invertebrates and vertebrates

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1212-1226

  Rister, Jens ^a   Desplan, Claude ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Opsin; Photoreceptor; Retinal mosaic; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CONE ROD HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; OPSINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINA; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 80455172147     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20905     Document Type: Review

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