Characterisation of the Vertabrate inner-retinal photiopigments melanapsin (Opn4) and vertebrate ancient(VA) opsin
The most robust entrainment cue to the circadian clock is light. In response to this, organisms have evolved light detection mechanisms which allow them to measure and transduce irradiance information to specific centres in the brain. To perceive light, these receptors use photosensitive opsins that...
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University of Oxford
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.490346 |