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

Abstract 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 br...

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Auteurs principaux: Kazumi Sakai, Kei Tsutsui, Takahiro Yamashita, Naoyuki Iwabe, Keisuke Takahashi, Akimori Wada, Yoshinori Shichida
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/0dbbc612ff4f4176a45a71cca4ffd78b
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