Daisuke Kojima

Single amino acid residue as a functional determinant of rod and cone visual pigments

Imai, Hiroo, Kojima, Daisuke, Oura, Tomonori, Tachibanaki, Shuji, Terakita, Akihisa, Shichida, Yoshinori

The visual transduction processes in rod and cone photoreceptor cells begin with photon absorption by the different types of visual pigments. Cone visual pigments exhibit faster regeneration from...

Pineal expression-promoting element (PIPE), a cis-acting element, directs pineal-specific gene expression in zebrafish

Asaoka, Yoichi, Mano, Hiroaki, Kojima, Daisuke, Fukada, Yoshitaka

The pineal gland, sharing morphological and biochemical similarities with the retina, plays a unique and central role in the photoneuroendocrine system. The unique development of the pineal gland is...

Single amino acid residue as a functional determinant of rod and cone visual pigments

Imai, Hiroo, Kojima, Daisuke, Oura, Tomonori, Tachibanaki, Shuji, Terakita, Akihisa, Shichida, Yoshinori

The visual transduction processes in rod and cone photoreceptor cells begin with photon absorption by the different types of visual pigments. Cone visual pigments exhibit faster regeneration from...

Pineal expression-promoting element (PIPE), a cis-acting element, directs pineal-specific gene expression in zebrafish

Asaoka, Yoichi, Mano, Hiroaki, Kojima, Daisuke, Fukada, Yoshitaka

The pineal gland, sharing morphological and biochemical similarities with the retina, plays a unique and central role in the photoneuroendocrine system. The unique development of the pineal gland is...