• Visual phototransduction is the sensory transduction process of the visual system by which light is detected by photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) in...
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    of neuroepithelial cell found in the retina that is capable of visual phototransduction. The great biological importance of photoreceptors is that they...
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    Rhodopsin (redirect from Visual purple)
    the retina and a light-sensitive receptor protein that triggers visual phototransduction in rods. Rhodopsin mediates dim light vision and thus is extremely...
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    proteins called opsins, is the chemical basis of visual phototransduction, the light-detection stage of visual perception (vision). Some microorganisms use...
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    Opsin (redirect from Visual pigment)
    metabolites to open ion channels. Retinylidene protein Visual cycle Visual phototransduction Microbial rhodopsin Channelrhodopsins Illustration Archived...
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    the visual cycle. Free 11-cis-retinal is photosensitive and carries its own spectral sensitivity of 380nm. However, to trigger the phototransduction cascade...
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  • most visual opsins, meaning it captures the photons to begin the phototransduction cascade. When the photon is absorbed, the 11-cis retinal photoisomerizes...
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    wavelengths that can both reach the retina and trigger visual phototransduction (excite a visual opsin). Insensitivity to UV light is generally limited...
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    Pharmacophore Photophore, glandular organ Pigment Spectroscopy Visual phototransduction Woodward's rules Kräutler, Bernhard (26 February 2016). "Breakdown...
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    1177/0333102417738202. ISSN 0333-1024. PMID 29368949. "Origin and Impact of Phototransduction Noise in Primate Cone Photoreceptors". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. October 6...
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