"Rhodopsin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A purplish-red, light-sensitive pigment found in RETINAL ROD CELLS of most vertebrates. It is a complex consisting of a molecule of ROD OPSIN and a molecule of 11-cis retinal (RETINALDEHYDE). Rhodopsin exhibits peak absorption wavelength at about 500 nm.
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D012243
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D12.776.543.750.695.955 D23.767.930.750.500.500
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2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rhodopsin" by people in Profiles.
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LIM Homeobox 4 (lhx4) regulates retinal neural differentiation and visual function in zebrafish. Sci Rep. 2021 01 21; 11(1):1977.
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The mutation p.E113K in the Schiff base counterion of rhodopsin is associated with two distinct retinal phenotypes within the same family. Sci Rep. 2016 11 04; 6:36208.
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Spata7 is a retinal ciliopathy gene critical for correct RPGRIP1 localization and protein trafficking in the retina. Hum Mol Genet. 2015 Mar 15; 24(6):1584-601.