We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Isolation of freshwater and deep-sea type opsin genes from the common Japanese conger
- Authors
Zhang, H.; Futami, K.; Yamada, Y.; Horie, N.; Okamura, A.; Utoh, T.; Mikawa, N.; Tanaka, S.; Okamoto, N.; Oka, H. P.
- Abstract
Two rod-like opsin genes, conf and cond, were isolated from the common Japanese congerConger myriaster . The predicted proteins of conf and cond consisted of 354 and 350 amino acid (aa) residues respectively, and the aa identity was 87·4%. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that conf and cond are homologous to the freshwater type and the deep-sea type rod opsin genes of freshwater eels. RT-PCR analyses revealed that in both juveniles and adults cond is expressed in the retina and pineal complex, whileconf is only expressed in the pineal complex at a low level. Copyright 2002 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved..
- Subjects
CONGER; DEEP-sea fishes; FRESHWATER fishes
- Publication
Journal of Fish Biology, 2002, Vol 61, Issue 2, p313
- ISSN
0022-1112
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb01568.x