Rhodopsin coexpression in UV photoreceptors of Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1003-1008

  Hu, Xiaobang ^a   Leming, Matthew T ^a   Whaley, Michelle A ^a   O'Tousa, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Mosquito vision; Photoreceptor; Rhodopsin coexpression; UV sensitivity; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RHODOPSIN COEXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION REACTION;

MOSQUITO VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN COEXPRESSION; UV SENSITIVITY; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RHODOPSIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84907500994     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.096347     Document Type: Article

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