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Record 1 2013-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
  • The Eye
DEF

A protein that combines with retinal to form visual pigments (rhodopsin and iodopsin) in the photoreceptor cells of the retina.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Oeil
DEF

Protéine du pourpre rétinien, associée au rétinène 1 pour former la rhodopsine, et au rétinène 2 pour former la porphyropsine.

OBS

[Les opsines sont] des pigments qui permettent aux cônes et aux bâtonnets de détecter la lumière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología molecular
  • Ojo
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