The evolution of vision

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-40

  Gehring, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME 1; CYCLIC AMP; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHOTOTROPIN; RHODOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WC 1 PROTEIN; WC 2 PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; BACTERIAL GENE; BILATERIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CNIDARIA; COLOR VISION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EVOLUTION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HUMAN; LENS; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTAXIS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIST; REVIEW; SPONGE (PORIFERA); VISION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTROPISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CYANOBACTERIA; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; PHOTOTROPISM; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84890420101     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.96     Document Type: Review

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