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Vertebrate ancient opsin and melanopsin: divergent irradiance detectors.
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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 the eye, the pigments expressed in both cone and rod photoreceptors have been studied in great depth and mediate contrast perception, measurement of the spectral composition of environmental light,...
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- Published
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- Journal:
- Photochemical and photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 11
- Pages:
- 1444-1457
- Publication date:
- 2010-11-01
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- EISSN:
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1474-9092
- ISSN:
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1474-905X
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- English
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pubs:101277
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- pubs:101277
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2010
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