Rhodopsin-like immunoreactivity in the ‘all cone’ retina of the chameleon (Chameleo chameleo)
| Autor: | Jacques Repérant, Jean-Claude Jeanny, Mohamed Bennis, Claudine Versaux-Botteri, Robert S. Molday, David S. McDevitt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Rhodopsin
Indoles genetic structures Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells Trypsin like enzyme Peanut Agglutinin Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Antibody Specificity Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells Antibodies monoclonal medicine Animals Fluorescent Dyes Retina biology Antibodies Monoclonal Lizards Anatomy Immunohistochemistry Cone (formal languages) eye diseases Sensory Systems Cell biology Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure Microscopy Fluorescence biology.protein sense organs |
| Zdroj: | Experimental Eye Research. 80:623-627 |
| ISSN: | 0014-4835 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.exer.2004.11.004 |
| Popis: | Chameleons (Order, Reptilia: Family, Lacertilia) are unique among vertebrates in being able to make independent eye movements. The organisation of their retina, however, closely ressembles that of other diurnal lizards; based on morphological studies, it is typically described as containing only cone photoreceptors. We show here that a subpopulation of the photoreceptors are immunolabelled by an antibody directed against rhodopsin, suggesting the presence of rods. We conclude that in the nonmammalian retina, rods and cones cannot be exclusively distinguished on purely morphological grounds. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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