Article
The polymorphic photopigments of the marmoset: spectral tuning and genetic basis.
The EMBO journal - 1 Jun 1992
Williams A J, Hunt D M, Bowmaker J K, Mollon J D
Abstract excerpt
The marmoset (Callithrix jacchus jacchus), a South American monkey, is polymorphic for the middle- to long-wave cone photopigments: the three variant pigments have spectral peaks at 543, 556 and 563 nm. Comparisons of the deduced amino acid sequences of these pigments indicate that the variations in spectral sensitivity are associated with the presence or absence of hydroxyl-bearing residues at sites 180 and 285;...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Callithrix
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA
- Exons
- Eye Proteins
- Humans
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides