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THE PORPHYROPSIN VISUAL SYSTEM

1. In the rods of fresh-water and some anadromous fishes, rhodopsin is replaced by the purple photolabile pigment porphyropsin. This participates in a retinal cycle identical in form with that of rhodopsin, but in which new carotenoids replace retinene and vitamin A. 2. Porphyropsin possesses a broa...

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Autor principal: Wald, George
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1939
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2142009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19873132