Co-Expression of VAL- and TMT-Opsins Uncovers Ancient Photosensory Interneurons and Motorneurons in the Vertebrate Brain

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Fischer, Ruth M ^a   Fontinha, Bruno M ^a,b   Kirchmaier, Stephan ^a,c   Steger, Julia ^a   Bloch, Susanne ^a,b   Inoue, Daigo ^c   Panda, Satchidananda ^d   Rumpel, Simon ^b   Tessmar Raible, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALOPSIN; OPSIN; TMT OPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAL OPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTOGENETICS; ORYZIAS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSENSORY INTERNEURON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES HABITAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; LARVA; LIGHT; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; OPSINS; ORYZIAS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; DANIO RERIO; ORYZIINAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879352082     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001585     Document Type: Article

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