Ultraviolet and violet receptors express identical mRNA encoding an ultraviolet-absorbing opsin: identification and histological localization of two mRNAs encoding short-wavelength-absorbing opsins in the retina of the butterfly Papilio xuthus. Export

@article{citeulike:612739, abstract = {This paper describes the primary structures of two opsins of short-wavelength-absorbing visual pigments deduced from the mRNA sequences in the retina of the Japanese yellow swallowtail butterfly Papilio xuthus. A phylogenetic analysis of the amino acid sequences indicates that one of these visual pigments is of the ultraviolet-absorbing type and that the other is of the blue-absorbing type. We identified the photoreceptor cells that express these mRNAs by histological in situ hybridization. The mRNA of the ultraviolet type is expressed in two distinct photoreceptor types previously identified as ultraviolet and violet receptors, providing the first molecular biological evidence that different types of spectral receptor probably express a visual pigment with an identical amino acid sequence. The mRNA of the blue type is expressed exclusively in cells classified as blue receptors.}, address = {Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan.}, author = {Kitamoto, J. and Ozaki, K. and Arikawa, K.}, citeulike-article-id = {612739}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10976026}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10976026}, issn = {0022-0949}, journal = {J Exp Biol}, keywords = {opsin}, month = {October}, number = {Pt 19}, pages = {2887--2894}, posted-at = {2006-05-03 22:49:45}, priority = {2}, title = {Ultraviolet and violet receptors express identical mRNA encoding an ultraviolet-absorbing opsin: identification and histological localization of two mRNAs encoding short-wavelength-absorbing opsins in the retina of the butterfly Papilio xuthus.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10976026}, volume = {203}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:612739 L3 - citeulike-article-id:612739 N2 - This paper describes the primary structures of two opsins of short-wavelength-absorbing visual pigments deduced from the mRNA sequences in the retina of the Japanese yellow swallowtail butterfly Papilio xuthus. A phylogenetic analysis of the amino acid sequences indicates that one of these visual pigments is of the ultraviolet-absorbing type and that the other is of the blue-absorbing type. We identified the photoreceptor cells that express these mRNAs by histological in situ hybridization. The mRNA of the ultraviolet type is expressed in two distinct photoreceptor types previously identified as ultraviolet and violet receptors, providing the first molecular biological evidence that different types of spectral receptor probably express a visual pigment with an identical amino acid sequence. The mRNA of the blue type is expressed exclusively in cells classified as blue receptors. IS - Pt 19 JF - J Exp Biol SN - 0022-0949 AD - Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan. EP - 2894 TI - Ultraviolet and violet receptors express identical mRNA encoding an ultraviolet-absorbing opsin: identification and histological localization of two mRNAs encoding short-wavelength-absorbing opsins in the retina of the butterfly Papilio xuthus. VL - 203 SP - 2887 KW - opsin AU - Kitamoto, J AU - Ozaki, K AU - Arikawa, K PY - 2000/10// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10976026 ER -