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Duplication and divergence of zebrafish CRALBP genes uncovers novel role for RPE- and Muller-CRALBP in cone vision.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Sept 2008
Collery Ross, McLoughlin Sarah, Vendrell Victor, Finnegan Jennifer, Crabb John W, Saari John C, Kennedy Breandán N
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PURPOSE: During vertebrate phototransduction 11-cis-retinal is isomerized to all-trans-retinal. Light sensitivity is restored by recombination of apo-opsin with 11-cis-retinal to regenerate visual pigments. The conversion of all-trans retinal back to 11-cis-retinal is known as the visual cycle. W...
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