Two Opsin 3-Related Proteins in the Chicken Retina and Brain: A TMT-Type Opsin 3 Is a Blue-Light Sensor in Retinal Horizontal Cells, Hypothalamus, and Cerebellum

• Mutsuko Kato,

  Affiliation Department of Cytology and Histology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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• Takashi Sugiyama,

  Affiliation R&D Group, Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kazumi Sakai,

  Affiliation Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Takahiro Yamashita,

  Affiliation Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hirofumi Fujita,

  Affiliation Department of Cytology and Histology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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• Keita Sato,

  Affiliation Department of Cytology and Histology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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• Sayuri Tomonari,

  Affiliation Department of Life Systems, Institute of Technology and Science, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

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• Yoshinori Shichida,

  Affiliation Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hideyo Ohuchi

  * E-mail: hohuchi@okayama-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Cytology and Histology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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