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The molecular mechanism for the spectral shifts between vertebrate ultraviolet- and violet-sensitive cone visual pigments.
The Biochemical journal - 1 Oct 2002
Cowing Jill A, Poopalasundaram Subathra, Wilkie Susan E, Robinson Phyllis R, Bowmaker James K, Hunt David M
Abstract excerpt
The short-wave-sensitive (SWS) visual pigments of vertebrate cone photoreceptors are divided into two classes on the basis of molecular identity, SWS1 and SWS2. Only the SWS1 class are present in mammals. The SWS1 pigments can be further subdivided into violet-sensitive (VS), with lambda(max) (the peak of maximal absorbance) values generally between 400 and 430 nm, and ultraviolet-sensitive (UVS), with a...
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