ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Rhodopsin is the visual pigment in disk membranes of vertebrate rod cells7. It is composed of the chromophore, 1 l-cis retinal, covalently linked through a protonated Schiff base to a small protein called opsin. On absorption of a photon by the chromophore, a consecutive series of thermal ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/269179a0