Vertebrate ancient opsin and melanopsin: divergent irradiance detectors.
Both vertebrates and invertebrates respond to light by utilising a wide-ranging array of photosensory systems, with diverse photoreceptor organs expressing a characteristic photopigment, itself consisting of an opsin apoprotein linked to a light-sensitive retinoid chromophore based on vitamin A. In...
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Materialtyp: | Journal article |
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2010
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