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UV-Sensitive Photoreceptor Protein OPN5 in Humans and Mice

A variety of animal species utilize the ultraviolet (UV) component of sunlight as their environmental cues, whereas physiological roles of UV photoreception in mammals, especially in human beings, remain open questions. Here we report that mouse neuropsin (OPN5) encoded by the Opn5 gene exhibited an...

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Autores principales: Kojima, Daisuke, Mori, Suguru, Torii, Masaki, Wada, Akimori, Morishita, Rika, Fukada, Yoshitaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3197025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22043319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026388