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Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Retinal Pigments

Preferred term

Retinal Pigments  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Photoreceptor Pigment, Retinal
  • Photoreceptor Pigments, Retinal
  • Pigment, Retinal
  • Pigment, Retinal Photoreceptor
  • Pigments, Retinal Photoreceptor
  • Pigments, Visual
  • Pigment, Visual
  • Retinal Photoreceptor Pigment
  • Retinal Photoreceptor Pigments
  • Retinal Pigment
  • Visual Pigment
  • Visual Pigments

Note

  • not for deposition of pigments in the retina (= RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA)

Scope note

  • Photosensitive protein complexes of varied light absorption properties which are expressed in the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS. They are OPSINS conjugated with VITAMIN A-based chromophores. Chromophores capture photons of light, leading to the activation of opsins and a biochemical cascade that ultimately excites the photoreceptor cells.

In other languages

  • verkkokalvon pigmentit

    Finnish

  • näköpigmentit
  • näköpigmentti
  • retinan pigmentit
  • retinan pigmentti
  • retinan väriaine
  • retinan väriaineet
  • verkkokalvon pigmentti
  • verkkokalvon väriaine
  • verkkokalvon väriaineet
  • Näthinnepigment

    Swedish

  • Retinala pigment
  • Synpigment

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012168

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