Genomic organization, evolution, and expression of photoprotein and opsin genes in Mnemiopsis leidyi: A new view of ctenophore photocytes

BMC Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schnitzler, Christine E ^a   Pang, Kevin ^b   Powers, Meghan L ^c   Reitzel, Adam M ^d   Ryan, Joseph F ^b   Simmons, David ^e   Tada, Takashi ^f   Park, Morgan ^a   Gupta, Jyoti ^a   Brooks, Shelise Y ^a   Blakesley, Robert W ^a   Yokoyama, Shozo ^f   Haddock, Steven H D ^c   Martindale, Mark Q ^e   Baxevanis, Andreas D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology   (Norway)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; ctenophore; Mnemiopsis leidyi; opsin; photocyte; photoprotein; photoreception; phototransduction

Indexed keywords

AMPHIMEDON; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); MNEMIOPSIS; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; PORIFERA; SCYPHOZOA;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CTENOPHORA; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CTENOPHORA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGHT; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSINS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871370966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-10-107     Document Type: Article

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