Opsin evolution and expression in Arthropod compound Eyes and Ocelli: Insights from the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

BACKGROUND: Opsins are key proteins in animal photoreception. Together with a light-sensitive group, the chromophore, they form visual pigments which initiate the visual transduction cascade when photoactivated. The spectral absorption properties of visual pigments are mainly determined by their ops...

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Autores principales: Henze, Miriam J, Dannenhauer, Kara, Kohler, Martin, Labhart, Thomas, Gesemann, Matthias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22935102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-163

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22935102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-163

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