Expression of UV-sensitive parapinopsin in the iguana parietal eyes and its implication in UV-sensitivity in vertebrate pineal-related organs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wada, Seiji ^a   Kawano Yamashita, Emi ^a   Koyanagi, Mitsumasa ^a   Terakita, Akihisa ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAPINOPSIN; PARIETOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; IGUANA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL EYE; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PINEAL BODY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EYE; HUMANS; IGUANAS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHYLOGENY; PINEAL GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROD OPSINS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84862255917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039003     Document Type: Article

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