Divergence in cis-regulatory sequences surrounding the opsin gene arrays of African cichlid fishes

Table 1 List of candidate transcription factors surveyed in this study

Transcription Factor	Symbol	OMIM¹ #	TESS² # (mice)	Opsin(s) affected	Ref(s)
Activator Protein 1	AP-1	165160	T00032	SWS1	[37]
Cone-rod homeobox-protein	CRX/OTX	602225	T03461	SWS2	[41]
Nuclear Factor kappa B	NFκB	164011	T00588	SWS1	[37]
Photoreceptor-specific nuclear receptor	PNR	604485	T03723*	SWS	[39]
Retinoic Acid Receptor α	RARα	180240	T01327	SWS1	[35]
Retinoic Acid Receptor β	RARβ	180220	T01328	SWS1	[35]
Retinoic Acid Receptor γ	RARγ	180190	T01329	SWS1	[35]
Retinoid X Receptor α	RXRα	180245	T01331	-	-
Retinoid X Receptor β	RXRβ	180246	T01332	-	-
Retinoid X Receptor γ	RXRγ	180247	T01333	SWS	[40]
Thyroid Hormone Receptor α	THRα	190120	T01173	SWS1	[36]
Thyroid Hormone Receptor β	THRβ	190160	T00851*	SWS1, RH2	[36, 38]

¹ Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim)
² Transcription Element Search System (http://www.cbil.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/tess/tess)
* TESS # for human sequences

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