Regulatory function of conserved sequences upstream of the long-wave sensitive opsin genes in teleost fishes

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2295-2303

  Tam, Kevin J ^a   Watson, Corey T ^a   Massah, Shabnam ^a   Kolybaba, Addie M ^a   Breden, Felix ^a   Prefontaine, Gratien G ^a   Beischlag, Timothy V ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color vision; Opsins; Retinoic acid orphan receptor; Teleosts; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ROR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG WAVE SENSITIVE OPSIN GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; COLOR VISION; CONE OPSINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 82455209007     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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