Coexpression of three opsins in cone photoreceptors of the salamander Ambystoma tigrinum

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2249-2265

  Isayama, Tomoki ^a   Chen, Ying ^b   Kono, Masahiro ^c   Fabre, Eduard ^a   Slavsky, Michael ^a   Degrip, Willem J ^d   Ma, Jian Xing ^b   Crouch, Rosalie K ^c   Makino, Clint L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Immunocytochemistry; Phototransduction; Retina; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

CONE OPSIN; L CONE OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; S CONE OPSIN; SCOTOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UV CONE OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT; OPSIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HATCHLING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL STAGE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SALAMANDER; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; AMBYSTOMA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROELECTRODE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROELECTRODES; OPSINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84898686151     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23531     Document Type: Article

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