Novel retinal photoreceptors

Novel retinal photoreceptors

The rod and cone cells of the retina are thought to mediate all of the light responses of the vertebrate eye. But here we show that salmon vertebrate ancient (VA) opsin forms a functional photopigment in vitro, and is expressed in a subset of retinal horizontal and amacrine cells in vivo . These res...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1998-07, Vol.394 (6688), p.27-28
Hauptverfasser: Soni, Bobby G., Philp, Alisdair R., Foster, Russell G., Knox, Barry E.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Circadian rhythm
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Hybridization
Labeling
Light
multidisciplinary
PCB
Pesticides
Photoreception
Photoreceptor Cells
Photoreceptors
Pineal Gland - metabolism
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Retina - metabolism
Rod Opsins - metabolism
Salmon
Science
scientific-correspondence
Spectrum analysis
Vertebrates
Whales & whaling
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Zusammenfassung:The rod and cone cells of the retina are thought to mediate all of the light responses of the vertebrate eye. But here we show that salmon vertebrate ancient (VA) opsin forms a functional photopigment in vitro, and is expressed in a subset of retinal horizontal and amacrine cells in vivo . These results indicate that retinal photoreception is not restricted to just rod and cone cells.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/27794