Melanopsin bistability: a fly's eye technology in the human retina.

Melanopsin bistability: a fly's eye technology in the human retina.

In addition to rods and cones, the human retina contains light-sensitive ganglion cells that express melanopsin, a photopigment with signal transduction mechanisms similar to that of invertebrate rhabdomeric photopigments (IRP). Like fly rhodopsins, melanopsin acts as a dual-state photosensitive fli...

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Main Authors: Ludovic S Mure, Pierre-Loic Cornut, Camille Rieux, Elise Drouyer, Philippe Denis, Claude Gronfier, Howard M Cooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2695781?pdf=render

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