Shedding new light on opsin evolution

Understanding the dermal light sense in the context of integrative photoreceptor cell biology

(2011) M. DESMOND RAMIREZ et al.   VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE

Evidence for distributed light sensing in the skin of cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis

(2010) L. M. Mathger et al.   Biology Letters

The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity

(2010) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

Vertebrate ancient opsin and melanopsin: divergent irradiance detectors

(2010) Wayne L. Davies et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Diversity and functional properties of bistable pigments

(2010) Hisao Tsukamoto et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Opn5 is a UV-sensitive bistable pigment that couples with Gi subtype of G protein

(2010) T. Yamashita et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The evolution of phototransduction from an ancestral cyclic nucleotide gated pathway

(2010) D. C. Plachetzki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

G Protein - Mediated Signaling: Same Receptor, Multiple Effectors

(2010) Andrew Woehler et al.   Current Molecular Pharmacology

An Indel in Transmembrane Helix 2 Helps to Trace the Molecular Evolution of Class A G-Protein-Coupled Receptors

(2009) Julie Devillé et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Eye evolution: common use and independent recruitment of genetic components

(2009) P. Vopalensky et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution of opsins and phototransduction

(2009) Y. Shichida et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evidence for light perception in a bioluminescent organ

(2009) D. Tong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Jellyfish vision starts with cAMP signaling mediated by opsin-Gs cascade

(2008) M. Koyanagi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution and Functional Diversity of Jellyfish Opsins

(2007) Hiroshi Suga et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY