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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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Autores principales: Mure, Ludovic S., Cornut, Pierre-Loic, Rieux, Camille, Drouyer, Elise, Denis, Philippe, Gronfier, Claude, Cooper, Howard M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2695781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19551136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005991