A Rhodopsin-Guanylyl cyclase gene fusion functions in visual perception in a fungus

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1234-1240

  Avelar, Gabriela M ^a   Schumacher, Robert I ^a   Zaini, Paulo A ^a   Leonard, Guy ^b   Richards, Thomas A ^b   Gomes, Suely L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMYCES; ANIMALIA; BLASTOCLADIELLA; BLASTOCLADIELLA EMERSONII; CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; VERTEBRATA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; RHODOPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLASTOCLADIELLA; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOCLADIELLA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE FUSION; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHODOPSIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84902164897     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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