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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Eye Proteins > Opsins > Rod Opsins
Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Retinal Pigments > Opsins > Rod Opsins

Preferred term

Rod Opsins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Rod Opsin
  • Rod-Opsin

Note

  • do not confuse entry term ROD-OPSIN with RHODOPSIN

Scope note

  • Photosensitive proteins expressed in the ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS. They are the protein components of rod photoreceptor pigments such as RHODOPSIN.

History note

  • 2009 (1973)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017299

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