Evolution and Functional Characterisation of Melanopsins in a Deep-Sea Chimaera (Elephant Shark, Callorhinchus milii)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Davies, Wayne I L ^a,b   Tay, Boon Hui ^c   Zheng, Lei ^b   Danks, Janine A ^d   Brenner, Sydney ^c   Foster, Russell G ^b   Collin, Shaun P ^a   Hankins, Mark W ^b   Venkatesh, Byrappa ^c   Hunt, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MELANOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CALLORHINCUS MILII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEA CHIMAERA; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOLOCEPHALI; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPN4M1 GENE; OPN4M2 GENE; OPN4X GENE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHYLOGENY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SHARK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHIMERA; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROD OPSINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHARKS;

CALLORHINCHUS MILII; CHIMAERIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871293865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051276     Document Type: Article

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