Polyenes and vision

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 255-262

  Rando, Robert R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYENE; RETINAL; RHODOPSIN;

HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISION;

HUMANS; POLYENES; RETINALDEHYDE; RHODOPSIN; VISION;

EID: 0030112776     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(96)90105-2     Document Type: Review

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