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16217736

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
Vertebrate melanopsin is a photopigment in the eye, required for photoentrainment. Melanopsin is more closely related to opsin proteins found in invertebrates, than to the other photo-pigments. Although the invertebrate melanopsin-like protein is localized in rhabdomeric photoreceptors in the invertebrate eye, it has been shown to be expressed in a subset of retinal ganglion cells in the mouse and in horizontal cells in the frog, indicating its diversified expression pattern in vertebrates. Here we show that two types of melanopsin transcripts are expressed in the developing chicken retina. Melanopsin is firstly expressed by a small subset of ganglion cells, and then prominently expressed by horizontal cells and later by bipolar cells in the developing chicken retina. This suggests that a subset of ganglion, horizontal, and bipolar cells in the chicken retina may have rhabdomeric properties in their origins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1058-8388
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Developmental Dynamics 234:783-790, 2005. (c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
234
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
783-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
A non-canonical photopigment, melanopsin, is expressed in the differentiating ganglion, horizontal, and bipolar cells of the chicken retina.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't