Evidence for multiple phototransduction pathways in a reef-building coral.

Photosensitive behaviors and circadian rhythms are well documented in reef-building corals and their larvae, but the mechanisms responsible for photoreception have not been described in these organisms. Here we report the cloning, immunolocalization, and partial biochemical characterization of three...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Mason, Michael Schmale, Patrick Gibbs, Margaret W Miller, Qiang Wang, Konstantin Levay, Valery Shestopalov, Vladlen Z Slepak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3515558?pdf=render