title: [Photoreceptor systems in ascidians: insights into the origin and evolution of vertebrate visual systems].
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori, Japan.
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusakabe
authors.forename: Motoyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002816:Chordata, Nonvertebrate / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D017299:Rod Opsins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014561:Urochordata / Q000502:physiology*; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C437926:Ci-opsin1 protein, Ciona intestinalis; D017299:Rod Opsins; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins