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List of works by Takashi Nagata

Absorption Characteristics of Vertebrate Non-Visual Opsin, Opn3.

scientific article

Activation of Transducin by Bistable Pigment Parapinopsin in the Pineal Organ of Lower Vertebrates

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An all-trans-retinal-binding opsin peropsin as a potential dark-active and light-inactivated G protein-coupled receptor

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

Contribution of a visual pigment absorption spectrum to a visual function: depth perception in a jumping spider

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Convergent evolution of tertiary structure in rhodopsin visual proteins from vertebrates and box jellyfish.

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

Depth perception from image defocus in a jumping spider.

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Distribution of mammalian-like melanopsin in cyclostome retinas exhibiting a different extent of visual functions

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Functional properties of opsins and their contribution to light-sensing physiology

scientific article published on October 2014

Homologs of vertebrate Opn3 potentially serve as a light sensor in nonphotoreceptive tissue

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Identification and characterization of a protostome homologue of peropsin from a jumping spider.

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Molecular evolution of arthropod color vision deduced from multiple opsin genes of jumping spiders

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Photoreceptor projection from a four-tiered retina to four distinct regions of the first optic ganglion in a jumping spider

scientific article published on 23 January 2019

Spectral tuning mediated by helix III in butterfly long wavelength-sensitive visual opsins revealed by heterologous action spectroscopy

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

The counterion-retinylidene Schiff base interaction of an invertebrate rhodopsin rearranges upon light activation

scientific article published on 13 May 2019