Extraocular, rod-like photoreceptors in a flatworm express xenopsin photopigment

Extraocular, rod-like photoreceptors in a flatworm express xenopsin photopigment

Animals detect light using opsin photopigments. Xenopsin, a recently classified subtype of opsin, challenges our views on opsin and photoreceptor evolution. Originally thought to belong to the Gαi-coupled ciliary opsins, xenopsins are now understood to have diverged from ciliary opsins in pre-bilate...

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Main Authors: Kate A Rawlinson, Francois Lapraz, Edward R Ballister, Mark Terasaki, Jessica Rodgers, Richard J McDowell, Johannes Girstmair, Katharine E Criswell, Miklos Boldogkoi, Fraser Simpson, David Goulding, Claire Cormie, Brian Hall, Robert J Lucas, Maximilian J Telford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-10-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
ciliary photoreceptor
phaosome
xenopsin
photopigment
flatworm
Maritigrella crozieri
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/45465

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