Transcriptome analysis and RNA interference of cockroach phototransduction indicate three opsins and suggest a major role for TRPL channels

Our current understanding of insect phototransduction is based on a small number of species, but insects occupy many different visual environments. We created the retinal transcriptome of a nocturnal insect, the cockroach, Periplaneta americana to identify proteins involved in the earliest stages of...

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Main Authors: Andrew S French, Shannon eMeisner, Hongxia eLiu, Matti eWeckstrom, Paivi H. Torkkeli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2015.00207/full