Drosophila melanogaster rhodopsin Rh7 is a UV-to-visible light sensor with an extraordinarily broad absorption spectrum

The genome of Drosophila melanogaster contains seven rhodopsin genes. Rh1-6 proteins are known to have respective absorption spectra and function as visual pigments in ocelli and compound eyes. In contrast, Rh7 protein was recently revealed to function as a circadian photoreceptor in the brain. Howe...

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Autores principales: Sakai, Kazumi, Tsutsui, Kei, Yamashita, Takahiro, Iwabe, Naoyuki, Takahashi, Keisuke, Wada, Akimori, Shichida, Yoshinori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5544684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28779161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07461-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5544684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28779161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07461-9

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