The visual cycle of the cone photoreceptors of the retina

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 7 I, 2004, Pages 283-286

  Wolf, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b c/o Nutrition Reviews Editorial Office   (United States)

Author keywords

All trans retinal; All trans retinol; Cone opsin; Retina; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

11 CIS RETINAL; OPSIN; RETINAL; RETINOL; RETINOL DERIVATIVE; RHODOPSIN;

CHICKEN; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RETINA CONE; SHORT SURVEY; SQUIRREL;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CONES (RETINA); HUMANS; OPSIN; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETINALDEHYDE; RODS (RETINA); SCIURIDAE; STEREOISOMERISM; VITAMIN A;

GALLUS GALLUS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 4043090830     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2004.jul.283-286     Document Type: Short Survey

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