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Cone Opsins and Inherited Retinal Disease.
Cells - 17 Jun 2026
Tang Maya, Park Paul S-H
Abstract excerpt
Opsins are the light receptors in retinal rod and cone photoreceptor cells that initiate vision in response to a light stimulus. Rhodopsin is the opsin in rods, and the influence of mutations that disrupt its structure and function has been characterized in detail. Less is known about cone opsins, the opsins in cones, and their gene arrays. Cones are responsible for color vision and high visual acuity and operate...
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